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UWB wireless: A scheme for SCADA communications in offshore wind farms

Salehinejad, H ; Sharif University of Technology | 2015

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. DOI: 10.1504/IJUWBCS.2015.077098
  3. Publisher: Inderscience Enterprises Ltd , 2015
  4. Abstract:
  5. Utilisation of reliable communication technologies for data communication is a key challenge in smart grids. Due to specific characteristics of offshore wind farms (OWFs), wireless data communications is of interest for supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) communication between wind towers. The ultra-wideband (UWB) communication technology is one of the state-of-the-art communication technologies suitable for inexpensive, low-data rate, outdoor, long-range, communication applications. However, in order to employ it in OWFs, its link modelling and performance must first be well analysed comprehensively. In this paper, the UWB communication channel is modelled in OWFs and with respect to sea surface conditions as the signal reflection surface, performance of the UWB link subject to several metrics such as range-data rate, range-bit error rate (BER), and path loss are analytically and numerically evaluated. The obtained results clearly illustrate superior capabilities of UWB technology in this application, promising a bright future in advancing the proposed ideas
  6. Keywords:
  7. Offshore wind farm ; OWF ; SCADA ; Smart grid ; Supervisory control and data acquisition ; Ultra-wideband ; UWB ; UWB communication ; Wind power
  8. Source: International Journal of Ultra Wideband Communications and Systems ; Volume 3, Issue 2 , 2015 , Pages 59-67 ; 1758728X (ISSN)
  9. URL: http://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/abs/10.1504/IJUWBCS.2015.077098