A low power smart vision system based on a large format (currently IKxIK) active pixel sensor (APS) integrated with a programmable neural processor for fast vision applications is presented. The concept of building a low power smart vision system is demonstrated by a system design which is composed with an APS sensor, a smart image window handler, and a neural processor. The paper also shows th...

Privacy preservation is a crucial issue for smart buildings where all kinds of messages, e.g., power usage data, control commands, events, alarms, etc. are transmitted to accomplish the management of power. Without appropriate privacy protection schemes, electricity customers are faced with various privacy risks. Meanwhile, the natures of smart grids and smart buildings—such as having limited c...

This paper aims to review systems and applications for power line communications (PLC) in the context of the Smart Grid. We discuss the main applications and summarise state-of-the-art PLC systems and standards. We report efforts and challenges in channel and noise modeling, as well as in the development of transmission technology approaches. Keywords— power line communication, smart grid.

Over the last few years electricity markets are going through liberalization and modernization processes, which have resulted in introduction of smart grids. The Power Trading Agent Competition (Power TAC) is a simulation platform for evaluating trading strategies for the smart grid electricity markets: the tariff and the wholesale market. This paper gives an outline of our proposed strategies ...

Significant research efforts have recently been directed towards materializing smart grid for the purpose of transforming the aging power grid into an efficient and intelligent electric power distribution system. Conceptually, smart grid can be regarded as a fusion of different advanced technologies, i.e., electrical power engineering meets sensing, control, digital communication, and network i...

Recently, cognitive radio and smart grid are two areas which have received considerable research impetus. Cognitive radios are intelligent software defined radios (SDRs) that efficiently utilize the unused regions of the spectrum, to achieve higher data rates. The smart grid is an automated electric power system that monitors and controls grid activities. In this paper, the novel concept of inc...

The overall contribution of cellular network operators to the entire human CO2 emissions is estimated at 2.5% in the U.S. [1]. Thereinto, about 60%− 80% originates from wireless base stations (BSs) [7]. As current cellular network architectures are designed to cope with peak load and degraded conditions, underutilization of them occurs most of the time. A recent study [70] shows that the averag...

The Internet of Things (IoT) is the widely accepted technology that connect everyday objects to the internet for providing ease and various functionalities and the Smart Grid (SG) is defined as the power grid integrated with a large network of ICT. The SG is the combination of billions of smart objects: smart appliances, smart meters, actuators and sensors etc. This paper analyse the various ac...

This paper describes how the power efficiency of fully integrated Dickson charge pumps in advanced smart power technologies can be improved considerably by implementing charge recycling techniques and the replacement of normal PN junction diodes by pulse-driven active diodes. These 2 methods are first analyzed and compared on a purely theoretical basis and are verified with experimental data af...

The smart meter is an important intelligent device on the Smart Grid that has the capability to report information related to power consumption, billing and other significant readings. The protection of smart meter communications against attacks is essential to ensure reliable operations of the Smart Grid. In this paper, we give an overview of smart meter applications, and we discuss the securi...