A Cognitive Radio Enabled Smart Grid Testbed Based on Software Defined Radio and Real Time Digital Simulator (2018)
Conference Proceeding
You, M., Liu, Q., & Sun, H. (2018). A Cognitive Radio Enabled Smart Grid Testbed Based on Software Defined Radio and Real Time Digital Simulator. In 2018 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC Workshops). https://doi.org/10.1109/iccw.2018.8403790

With the development of Smart Grid, there is an increasing need for the inter discipline research, analysis and evaluation, especially in the joint research area of communication system and power system. In this paper, we propose a Cognitive Radio en... Read More about A Cognitive Radio Enabled Smart Grid Testbed Based on Software Defined Radio and Real Time Digital Simulator.

Demand-Response Round-Trip Latency of IoT Smart Grid Network Topologies (2018)
Journal Article
Heron, J. W., Jiang, J., Sun, H., Gezerlis, V., & Doukoglou, T. (2018). Demand-Response Round-Trip Latency of IoT Smart Grid Network Topologies. IEEE Access, 6, 22930-22937. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2018.2831254

Smart grids are the next generation of power distribution network, using information and communications technologies to increase overall energy efficiency and service quality of the power grid. One big challenge in building a smart grid is the fast g... Read More about Demand-Response Round-Trip Latency of IoT Smart Grid Network Topologies.

Enhancing Dynamic Voltage Stability in Power Systems with Distributed Generations (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Liu, Q., Sun, H., & Matthews, P. (2018). Enhancing Dynamic Voltage Stability in Power Systems with Distributed Generations. In 2017 IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm) : 23-26 October 2017, Dresden, Germany ; proceedings (218-222). https://doi.org/10.1109/smartgridcomm.2017.8340716

Voltage stability is critical in the power distribution network. This paper aims to study the dynamic voltage stability problem. When wind generators reach maximum reactive power output, the bus voltage will operate near its steady-state stability li... Read More about Enhancing Dynamic Voltage Stability in Power Systems with Distributed Generations.

Power Grid Observability Redundancy Analysis under Communication Constraints (2018)
Conference Proceeding
You, M., Liu, Q., Jiang, J., & Sun, H. (2018). Power Grid Observability Redundancy Analysis under Communication Constraints. In 2017 IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China (ICCC) : 22-24 Oct. 2017, Qingdao, China ; proceedings (1-5). https://doi.org/10.1109/iccchina.2017.8330320

The Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs) have largely empowered the current and future smart grid applications, which play important roles in both power systems and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) systems within smart grid. They can provide... Read More about Power Grid Observability Redundancy Analysis under Communication Constraints.

Improving handover of 5G networks by network function virtualization and fog computing (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Qiu, Y., Zhang, H., Long, K., Sun, H., Li, X., & Leung, V. (2018). Improving handover of 5G networks by network function virtualization and fog computing. In 2017 IEEE/CIC International Conference on Communications in China (ICCC) : 22-24 Oct. 2017, Qingdao, China ; proceedings (1-5). https://doi.org/10.1109/iccchina.2017.8330444

In Fifth Generation (5G) cellular networks, it is necessary to meet a number of requirements, such as high scalability, ultra-low latency, reduced energy consumption, and high energy efficiency. Particularly in the high mobility scenario, the optimiz... Read More about Improving handover of 5G networks by network function virtualization and fog computing.

Double Threshold Spectrum Sensing Methods in Spectrum-Scarce Vehicular Communications (2018)
Journal Article
Hill, E., & Sun, H. (2018). Double Threshold Spectrum Sensing Methods in Spectrum-Scarce Vehicular Communications. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 14(9), 4072-4080. https://doi.org/10.1109/tii.2018.2816580

Spectrum scarcity is a growing problem that will affect vehicular communications. Cognitive radio is an effective solution, but requires a robust sensing mechanism that comes with a large overhead; this additional sensing data could be detrimental to... Read More about Double Threshold Spectrum Sensing Methods in Spectrum-Scarce Vehicular Communications.

Multiobjective Optimization for Demand Side Management in Smart Grid (2017)
Journal Article
Li, D., Sun, H., Chiu, W., & Poor, V. (2018). Multiobjective Optimization for Demand Side Management in Smart Grid. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, 14(4), 1482-1490. https://doi.org/10.1109/tii.2017.2776104

Demand side management (DSM) plays an important role in smart grid. In this paper, a hierarchical day-ahead DSM model is proposed, where renewable energy sources (RESs) are integrated. The proposed model consists of three layers: the utility in the u... Read More about Multiobjective Optimization for Demand Side Management in Smart Grid.

Multiobjective optimization for carbon market scheduling based on behavior learning (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Li, D., Hua, W., Sun, H., & Chiu, W. (2017). Multiobjective optimization for carbon market scheduling based on behavior learning. . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2017.12.581

With advances of smart grid, the responsibility of carbon emission reduction can be fairly allocated to each participant in power networks through bidirectional communications. This paper proposes a hierarchical carbon market scheduling model to effe... Read More about Multiobjective optimization for carbon market scheduling based on behavior learning.

Household Level Distributed Energy Management System integrating Renewable Energy Sources and Electric Vehicles (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Gosselin, D., Jiang, J., & Sun, H. (2017). Household Level Distributed Energy Management System integrating Renewable Energy Sources and Electric Vehicles. In IEEE 85th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2017-Spring) : 4–7 June 2017, Sydney, Australia ; proceedings (1-5). https://doi.org/10.1109/vtcspring.2017.8108626

To reduce the burden on data communication in smart girds, household level distributed energy management systems have become increasingly vital due to their capability of distributed intelligence and scheduling devices. This paper studies the optimal... Read More about Household Level Distributed Energy Management System integrating Renewable Energy Sources and Electric Vehicles.

L-index sensitivity based voltage stability enhancement (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Liu, Q. L., You, M., Sun, H., & Matthews, P. (2017). L-index sensitivity based voltage stability enhancement. In 2017 IEEE 85th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2017-Spring) : 4–7 June 2017, Sydney, Australia ; proceedings (1-5). https://doi.org/10.1109/vtcspring.2017.8108627

Voltage stability is a long standing issue in power systems. Due to the requirements of on-line monitoring and high computation efficiency, L-index is used as voltage stability metric in this paper. We propose a novel L-index sensitivity based contro... Read More about L-index sensitivity based voltage stability enhancement.

Achieving low carbon emission using Smart Grid technologies (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Li, D., Sun, H., & Chiu, W. (2017). Achieving low carbon emission using Smart Grid technologies. In 2017 IEEE 85th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2017-Spring) : 4–7 June 2017, Sydney, Australia ; proceedings (1-5). https://doi.org/10.1109/vtcspring.2017.8108624

This paper presents a novel carbon emission flow (CEF) model to assess and analyze the carbon emission of each component in power networks. Through the use of information about CEF, demand side management (DSM) and supply side management (SSM) are co... Read More about Achieving low carbon emission using Smart Grid technologies.

Unit Commitment in Achieving Low Carbon Smart Grid Environment with Virtual Power Plant (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Hua, W., Li, D., Sun, H., & Matthews, P. (2017). Unit Commitment in Achieving Low Carbon Smart Grid Environment with Virtual Power Plant. In 2017 IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2) : 14-17 September 2017, Wuxi, China ; proceedings (1-6). https://doi.org/10.1109/isc2.2017.8090810

This paper proposes a novel unit commitment (UC) model under smart grid (SG) environment, which intends to strike a balance pursuing minimum carbon emissions for policy maker, minimum costs for generators and minimum payment bills for consumers. This... Read More about Unit Commitment in Achieving Low Carbon Smart Grid Environment with Virtual Power Plant.

Dynamic Time and Power Allocation for Opportunistic Energy Efficient Cooperative Relay (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Heron, J., & Sun, H. (2017). Dynamic Time and Power Allocation for Opportunistic Energy Efficient Cooperative Relay. In 2017 IEEE 86th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Fall) : Toronto, Canada, 24-27 September 2017 ; proceedings (1-5). https://doi.org/10.1109/vtcfall.2017.8288142

Exponential growth in power consumption of wireless communication devices and lack of progress in battery capacity are increasing pressure for more energy efficient (EE) wireless networks. This paper presents an algorithm for optimum EE time allocati... Read More about Dynamic Time and Power Allocation for Opportunistic Energy Efficient Cooperative Relay.

A Fuzzy Logic Trust Model for Secure Routing in Smart Grid Networks (2017)
Journal Article
Alnasser, A., & Sun, H. (2017). A Fuzzy Logic Trust Model for Secure Routing in Smart Grid Networks. IEEE Access, 5, 17896-17903. https://doi.org/10.1109/access.2017.2740219

Smart grids require communication networks to convey sensing and control data for improving the efficiency of energy generation, transmission and delivery. As a result, smart girds become vulnerable to various types of cyber-attacks. Trust models wer... Read More about A Fuzzy Logic Trust Model for Secure Routing in Smart Grid Networks.

New communication strategy for spectrum sharing enabled smart grid cyber-physical system (2017)
Journal Article
You, M., Liu, Q., & Sun, H. (2017). New communication strategy for spectrum sharing enabled smart grid cyber-physical system. IET Cyber-Physical Systems: Theory & Applications, 2(3), 136-142. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-cps.2017.0051

Smart grid cyber-physical system (CPS) exploits various physical components to provide better knowledge and delicate control of the power grid, while the huge data volume is transmitted via the integration of advanced communication technologies. To p... Read More about New communication strategy for spectrum sharing enabled smart grid cyber-physical system.

Analysis of Multiple Segmented Transmitters Design in Dynamic Wireless Power Transfer for Electric Vehicles Charging (2017)
Journal Article
Mou, X., & Sun, H. (2017). Analysis of Multiple Segmented Transmitters Design in Dynamic Wireless Power Transfer for Electric Vehicles Charging. Electronics Letters, 53(14), 941-943. https://doi.org/10.1049/el.2016.3340

Multiple segmented transmitters' rail for dynamic wireless power transfer (DWPT) electric vehicles charging can supply high power transfer efficiency (PTE). The previous research discussed the vehicles’ speed is a key factor that can affect the desig... Read More about Analysis of Multiple Segmented Transmitters Design in Dynamic Wireless Power Transfer for Electric Vehicles Charging.

ADMM-based Coordinated Decentralized Voltage Control Meets Practical Communication Systems (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Xu, J., & Sun, H. (2017). ADMM-based Coordinated Decentralized Voltage Control Meets Practical Communication Systems. In 2017 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC Workshops 2017) : Paris, France, 21-25 May 2017 ; proceedings (906-910). https://doi.org/10.1109/iccw.2017.7962774

More and more distributed generators (DGs) will penetrate into the distribution power system in the future. Therefore, voltage fluctuation becomes a challenging essential issue for future smart grids. In this paper a coordinated decentralized voltage... Read More about ADMM-based Coordinated Decentralized Voltage Control Meets Practical Communication Systems.

Incorporating User Utility in a Smart Microgrid with Distributed Generation and Elastic Demand (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Benjamin, B., Jiang, J., & Sun, H. (2017). Incorporating User Utility in a Smart Microgrid with Distributed Generation and Elastic Demand. In A. Jamalipour, & C. Papadias (Eds.), 2017 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC 2017) : 21-25 May 2017, Paris, France ; proceedings (1117-1122). https://doi.org/10.1109/iccw.2017.7962808

Demand Side Management (DSM) will play a large role in creating a pathway to a low carbon future. Microgrids are an ideal test bed for DSM within the Smart Grid (SG) framework, allowing for increased integration of distributed generation (DG), here f... Read More about Incorporating User Utility in a Smart Microgrid with Distributed Generation and Elastic Demand.

Energy Efficient and Adaptive Design for Wireless Power Transfer in Electric Vehicles (2017)
Journal Article
Mou, X., Groling, O., & Sun, H. (2017). Energy Efficient and Adaptive Design for Wireless Power Transfer in Electric Vehicles. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 64(9), 7250-7260. https://doi.org/10.1109/tie.2017.2686299

Wireless power transfer (WPT) could revolutionize global transportation and accelerate growth in the Electric Vehicle (EV) market, offering an attractive alternative to cabled charging. Coil misalignment is inevitable due to driver parking behaviour... Read More about Energy Efficient and Adaptive Design for Wireless Power Transfer in Electric Vehicles.

A Novel WPT System Based on Dual Transmitters and Dual Receivers for High Power Applications: Analysis, Design and Implementation (2017)
Journal Article
Li, Y., Mai, R., Lin, T., Sun, H., & He, Z. (2017). A Novel WPT System Based on Dual Transmitters and Dual Receivers for High Power Applications: Analysis, Design and Implementation. Energies, 10(2), Article 174. https://doi.org/10.3390/en10020174

Traditional Wireless Power Transfer (WPT) systems only have one energy transmission path, which can hardly meet the power demand for high power applications, e.g., railway applications (electric trains and trams, etc.) due to the capacity constraints... Read More about A Novel WPT System Based on Dual Transmitters and Dual Receivers for High Power Applications: Analysis, Design and Implementation.