Cost-efficient data aggregation point placement for advanced metering infrastructure

This paper investigates the problem of placement of data aggregation points (DAPs) in advanced metering infrastructures (AMIs). The specific constraints are that DAPs are to be located on utility poles and that communication is done over wireless links. While the resulting optimization problem is an...

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Published in2014 IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm) pp. 344 - 349
Main Authors Aalamifar, Fariba, Shirazi, Ghasem Naddafzadeh, Noori, Moslem, Lampe, Lutz
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.11.2014
Subjects
Clustering algorithms
IEEE 802.15 Standards
Optimization
Smart grids
Smart meters
WiMAX
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DOI10.1109/SmartGridComm.2014.7007670

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Summary:This paper investigates the problem of placement of data aggregation points (DAPs) in advanced metering infrastructures (AMIs). The specific constraints are that DAPs are to be located on utility poles and that communication is done over wireless links. While the resulting optimization problem is an integer program, we propose to adapt the K-means algorithm to obtain an efficient and less-complex method to solve the DAP placement problem. Simulations of the developed optimization method illustrate the effects of smart-meter density and communication range on the selection of DAP locations.
DOI:10.1109/SmartGridComm.2014.7007670