Abstract
Smart Grid is the modernization of the existing power grid, which utilizes the digital technology for the two-way exchange of information and electricity between the utilities and consumers. It requires a ‘communication overlay’ network, which facilitates intelligent communication between various nodes of the heterogeneous Smart Grid network. SIP is widely used in similar ‘communication overlay’ networks for the IP telephony as an established de-facto protocol for ‘session management’. This project discusses the use of SIP in the Smart Grid environment. This project gives a detailed analysis on the appropriateness of using SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) in the Smart Grid environment. The project mainly investigates the role of SIP in HAN (Home Area Network) and Demand Response System. In HAN, one of the network segments of the Smart Grid network, the interaction of the residential or commercial devices (such as TV, washing machine, surveillance camera, etc.) with the smart meter/energy management system and vice-versa is analyzed. An observation of the proposed SIP-Zigbee interworking architecture involving the SIP presence framework is done. The Event-service model of SIP is analyzed which makes it an effective protocol and architecture to realize open automated demand response system in the smart grid. In this report, SIP’s support for mobile metering, the realization of an efficient SIP-Zigbee Internetworking architecture and an Open-ADR system based on SIP’s Presence Framework and Event Service model respectively strengthens the candidacy of SIP for deployment in various components of the Smart Grid infrastructure.