Architecture design and demand analysis on application layer of standard system for ubiquitous power Internet of Things

The ubiquitous power Internet of Things(UPIoT)is an intelligent service system with comprehensive state perception,efficient processing,and flexible application of information.It focuses on each link of the power system and makes full use of the mobile internet,artificial intelligence,and other advanced information and communication technologies in order to realize the inter-human interaction of all things in all links of the power system.This article systematically presents to the national and international organizations and agencies in charge of UPIoT layer standardization the status quo of the research on the Internet of Things(IoT)-related industry standards system.It briefly describes the generic standard classification methods,layered architecture,conceptual model,and system tables in the UPIoT application layer.Based on the principles of inheritance,innovation,and practicability,this study divides the application layer into customer service,power grid operation,integrated energy,and enterprise operation,emerging business and analyzes the standard requirements of these five fields.This study also proposes a standard plan.Finally,it summarizes the research report and provides suggestions for a follow-up work.

Advanced Sensors Towards Ubiquitous Power Internet of Things

The ubiquitous power Internet of Things(UPIoT)uses modern information technology and advanced communication technologies to realize interconnection and human-computer interaction in all aspects of the power system.UPIoT has the characteristics of comprehensive state perception and efficient information processing,and has broad application prospects for transformation of the energy industry.The fundamental facility of the UPIoT is the sensor-based information network.By using advanced sensors,Wireless Sensor Networks(WSNs),and advanced data processing technologies,Internet of Things can be realized in the power system.In this paper,a framework of WSNs based on advanced sensors towards UPIoT is proposed.In addition,the most advanced sensors for UPIoT purposes are reviewed,along with an explanation of how the sensor data obtained in UPIoT is utilized in various scenarios.

Distributed sensing and cooperative estimation/detection of ubiquitous power internet of things

The rapid development of Internet Plus Smart Energy requires further strengthening of three kinds of interconnections based on traditional power systems: physical interconnection, information interconnection, and commercial interconnection. Due to the integration of renewable energy, the reform of the electricity market, and the deployment of the Smart Grid, a large amount of data will be generated. Thus, it is necessary to establish a Ubiquitous Power Internet of Things (UPIoT) to realize connections among people and things, things and things, and people and people in power systems. This paper studies the concept and architecture of the UPIoT and indicates the deployment of the perception layer and network layer as the key to building UPIoT in the initial stage. As UPIoT tends to cover a wide area and produce massive and distributed data, signal processing and data analytics theories and techniques are needed to handle the data and observe the state of the large-scale system. Further studies on distributed sensing and cooperative estimation theories and techniques of UPIoT are also required. Finally, the application prospects of UPIoT and the directions for future research are discussed.

EdgeKeeper: a trusted edge computing framework for ubiquitous power Internet of Things

Ubiquitous power Internet of Things(IoT)is a smart service system oriented to all aspects of the power system,and has the characteristics of universal interconnection,human-computer interaction,comprehensive state perception,efficient information processing,and other convenient and flexible applications.It has become a hot topic in the field of IoT.We summarize some existing research work on the IoT and edge computing framework.Because it is difficult to meet the requirements of ubiquitous power IoT for edge computing in terms of real time,security,reliability,and business function adaptation using the general edge computing framework software,we propose a trusted edge computing framework,named“EdgeKeeper,”adapting to the ubiquitous power IoT.Several key technologies such as security and trust,quality of service guarantee,application management,and cloud-edge collaboration are desired to meet the needs of the edge computing framework.Experiments comprehensively evaluate EdgeKeeper from the aspects of function,performance,and security.Comparison results show that EdgeKeeper is the most suitable edge computing framework for the electricity IoT.Finally,future directions for research are proposed.