We propose using Power Line Communication (PLC) as a second channel for data origin authentication, and we present a system architecture and protocol for doing so taking advantage of existing infrastructure for communicating over power lines. Our system connects a user’s computer to a secure electric meter in his building via a secure Human Authorization Detector (HAD). The meter, which has a u...

This paper describes part of the conversion of WVU's analog power simulator into a micro-grid-of-the-future test bed. The simulator is a hardware representation of the grid which contains traditional hardware, both digital and analog. It is important to note that this simulator is a hardware implementation, and as such is capable of testing smart grid ideas in the most realistic setting availab...

A smart grid is one of the most important applications in smart cities. In a smart grid, a smart meter acts as a sensor node in a sensor network, and a central device collects power usage from every smart meter. This paper focuses on a centralized data collection problem of how to collect every power usage from every meter without collisions in an environment in which the time synchronization a...

The use of wireless automation in almost all the fields of power, gas and water generation, distribution and billing has come of age. Here with the inclusion of wireless communication with the automation may lead to paradigm change in the current trend. The design presents a new methodology for avoiding the high construction and maintenance costs in the existing meter reading technology. Apart ...

The paper presents the design and the implementation of an automated meter reading system for heat costs allocation. The system was developed on three levels: the data acquisition level – where data are recorded from field with costs allocators installed on the radiators; a data concentration level – were data registered by allocators are read at a predetermined time interval with data concentr...

Title of Document: Location Authentication through Power Line Communication: Design, Protocol, and Analysis of a New Out-of-Band Strategy Vivek G. Relan, Masters, 2010 Directed By: Dr. Dhananjay Phatak, Associate Professor, CSEE Dept. Dr. Alan T. Sherman, Associate Professor, CSEE Dept. We propose using Power Line Communication (PLC) as a second channel for data origin authentication, and we pr...

allium cepa bulbs were germinated in pots for three days on treatment area on which 380 kv high voltage power lines are passing. ten bulbs were set up for each treatment area (0 m (meter), 10 m, 25 m, 50 m and 100+ m for control from power lines). triticum baeoticum boiss. subsp. baeoticum seeds were collected at same distance from power lines on planted field. ten seeds from each area were ger...