Integrated Satellite-Terrestrial Network for Smart Grid Communications in 6G Era

Bisu, Anas A; Sun, Hongjian; Gallant, Andrew

Abstract

In this work, we developed and proposed a real testbed with Integrated Satellite-Terrestrial Network (ISTN) scenario. This topology was used to measure the actual parameters that were used as the Smart Grid (SG) Quality of Service (QoS) metrics. Performance was evaluated with reference to the QoS requirements of SG applications. The emergence of new and evolving technologies, such as smarter energy utilities enabled by advanced communications technologies, necessitated evolutionary enhancements of both satellite and terrestrial communications systems. These would help improve energy efficiency and sustainability through the effective acquisition and analysis of data from energy systems. Hybrid communication technologies can be used to collect and share energy data efficiently and ubiquitously from generation stations to consumption sites. Thus, a topology using Inmarsat-4 satellites is presented that connects a robust, portable, and energy-efficient Broadband Global Area Network ground terminal. Performance evaluation was performed using measured parameters from the real ISTN topology testbed against key SG applications. The latency and bandwidth requirements for the 80-90% key SG applications were found to be within the QoS requirements range.

Citation

Bisu, A. A., Sun, H., & Gallant, A. (2025, January). Integrated Satellite-Terrestrial Network for Smart Grid Communications in 6G Era. Presented at 2025 IEEE 15th Annual Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference (CCWC), University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Conference Name: 2025 IEEE 15th Annual Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference (CCWC)
• Start Date: Jan 6, 2025
• End Date: Jan 8, 2025
• Acceptance Date: Dec 18, 2024
• Online Publication Date: Mar 5, 2025
• Publication Date: Mar 5, 2025
• Deposit Date: Jan 13, 2025
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 5, 2025
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Book Title: 2025 IEEE 15th Annual Computing and Communication Workshop and Conference (CCWC)
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/CCWC62904.2025.10903893
• Keywords: Index Terms-Bandwidth; capacity; communication; latency; performance; 6G; SatCom; Smart Grid
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/3333640