@inproceedings{21083cca4b774181bcab86f1010a687c,
title = "Robust Wireless Sensor Networks for Transmission Line Monitoring in Taiwan",
abstract = "Based on topological and geometrical data of an actual national power grid, this paper first presents the statistical characteristics of a transmission line monitoring wireless sensor network (WSN). We have discovered that the length of a transmission line follows a Weibull distribution. The number of towers in a transmission line has a Negative Binomial distribution, and the distance between two adjacent towers is Gamma distributed. Using this topology information, we further study the robustness of a WSN for transmission line monitoring. Compared to controlling node degree, we have found that robustness can be better achieved by providing multiple node-disjoint paths between a communication node and the control center. We have developed an algorithm to find the minimum communication range in achieving a desired robustness. Through extensive numerical results, we have confirmed that it is possible to guarantee robustness against a single node failure as long as we can provide a communication range of at least 1.09 km.",
keywords = "robustness, Smart grid, topology, transmission line monitoring, Wireless sensor network",
author = "Kong, \{Peng Yong\} and Tseng, \{Kai Sheng\} and Jiang, \{Joe Air\} and Liu, \{Chih Wen\}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2018 IEEE.; 2018 IEEE International Conference on Communications, Control, and Computing Technologies for Smart Grids, SmartGridComm 2018 ; Conference date: 29-10-2018 Through 31-10-2018",
year = "2018",
month = dec,
day = "24",
doi = "10.1109/SmartGridComm.2018.8587463",
language = "British English",
series = "2018 IEEE International Conference on Communications, Control, and Computing Technologies for Smart Grids, SmartGridComm 2018",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
booktitle = "2018 IEEE International Conference on Communications, Control, and Computing Technologies for Smart Grids, SmartGridComm 2018",
address = "United States",
}