Microgrid communication network with combined technology

Smart microgrid concept deserves communication assisted protection, control and management. In this paper, information within microgrid for monitoring, control and protection purpose is carried out and mapped according to power system automation standard IEC61850. Multi-agent technology is adopted to define the characteristics of different intelligent devices. Furthermore, wired and wireless technology based integrated, robust and reliable communication network is proposed for real time monitoring and control of microgrid. Performance analysis of the network is done by modelling microgrid nodes and traffic according to IEC61850 with Optimized Network Engineering Tool (OPNET). Simulation results are provided to claim the performance of the proposed network for reliable operation of microgrid in both islanded and grid connected modes.