This paper presents a new hybrid method for optimal multi-objective reconfiguration in a distribution feeder in addition to determining the optimal size and location of multiple-Distributed Generation (DG). The purposes of this research are mitigation of losses, improving the voltage profile and equalizing the feeder load balancing in distribution systems. To reduce the search space, the improv...

Title of dissertation: Dynamic Reconfiguration of Network Topology in Optical Networks Pedram J. Fard Doctor of Philosophy, 2007 Dissertation directed by: Professor Steven I. Marcus Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Dynamic reconfiguration of the logical topology of a network is generally used to adjust the shape of the network to adhere to changes in traffic. In this thesis the...

Achieving fault-tolerance through incorporation of redundancy and reconfiguration is quite common. The distribution of faults can have several impacts on the effectiveness of any reconfiguration scheme; in fact, patterns of faults occurring at strategic locations may render an entire VLSI system unusable regardless of its component redundancy and its reconfiguration capabilities. Such fault pat...

With the increasing number of networked devices, multimedia applications require additional functionality inside the network in order to adapt multimedia streams. In this field, much research work has been proposed; however, the dynamic configuration and the reconfiguration at run-time of such services remain little studied. This paper addresses these issues and describes a framework for the dy...

In this paper we present a networked lightweight and partially reconfigurable platform assisted by a remote bitstreams server. We propose a software and hardware architecture as well as a new data-link level network protocol implementation dedicated to dynamic and partial reconfiguration of FPGAs. It requires a network controller and much less external memories to store reconfiguration software...

Middleware solutions for sensor networks have so far mainly focused on communication abstractions, ad-hoc message routing protocols, and power conservation techniques. We argue that customisation and dynamic reconfiguration of sensor network middleware are additional important dimensions to consider. This paper describes a sensor middleware that can be customised to suit different sensor applic...

In the context of modern power systems the multi objective feeder reconfiguration problem has assumed significant importance. This paper presents a fuzzy set theory based approach for the multi objective network reconfiguration of distribution system. The multiple objectives which are met are feeder balancing, minimize power losses, feeder-current constraints and deviation of node voltage. The ...

Routing performance of optical interconnection networks is limited by both switch complexity and network connectivity. One way to overcome these limitations is to allocate the network bandwidth in a time-division multiplexed (TDM) fashion. With this technique, an appropriate subset of input-to-output connections can be established during a time slot and all possible connections can be establish...

1389-1286/$ see front matter Crown Copyright doi:10.1016/j.comnet.2011.05.012 E-mail address: [email protected] We survey the state-of-the-art technologies in Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) network reconfiguration. Our focus is the strategies and triggering methods. We compare the proposed technologies in the literature from different perspectives: traffic-changes triggered vs. other ev...

This paper presents a network reconfiguration method for power flow optimization and, consequently, loss reduction in distribution networks with Distributed Generation (DG). The network reconfiguration problem is formulated and solved using a simple linear programming approach. Optimal configurations are determined by considering the effects of DG outputs, load variations, and various other con...