Abstract—Neighborhood area network is the most important part of smart grid communication system, where there is a variety of wired and wireless information transmission technologies to achieve information exchanged with other networks. Since Power Line Communications (PLC) technology is a natural candidate to build the neighborhood area network, we consider the use of PLC to connect network nodes (smart meters) through multi-hop transmission. In consideration of the strict requirements of transmission delay and packet-loss rate in smart grid, we proposed a hybrid multi-hop routing algorithm based on ant colony optimization and simulated annealing. Simulation results demonstrate that the hybrid algorithm can provide an optimal route in the neighborhood area network with delay and reliability guarantee compared with traditional ant colony algorithm.

 

Index Terms—smart grid, neighborhood area network, routing, delay, packet-loss

Cite: Jing Gao, Xiaochen Ding, Xin Song, and Lina Fan, "Routing Algorithm for Information Transmission in Neighborhood Area Network towards Smart Grid," International Journal of Signal Processing Systems, Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 344-348, August 2016. doi: 10.18178/ijsps.4.4.344-348