Smart Grid (SG) is a smart concept based on cerebral advanced technologies; SG also becomes a subject matter for research. It unified inventive machine and technologies starts from generation, transmission and distribution to the consumer usage. With the advancement in the technology, various steps are taking place to convert power grid to smart grid. At current stage various models of SG are c...

This chapter deals with hierarchical model predictive control (MPC) of smart grid systems. The design consists of a high-level MPC controller, a second level of so-called aggregators, which reduces the computational and communicationrelated load on the high-level control, and a lower level of autonomous consumers. The control system is tasked with balancing electric power production and consump...

THE successful integration of renewable energy into the power grid is expected to reduce the dependence of the grid on the fossil fuels. The potential renewable energy resources include light, wind, vibration, heat, biofuel, biomass, and tides [1], [2]. It is envisaged that the use of renewable energy will reduce the use of traditional energy resources, such as nuclear, oil, and gas, in the fut...

Internet of Things (IoT) is a part of Future Internet and comprises many billions of Internet connected Objects (ICOs) or ‘things’ where things can sense, communicate, compute and potentially actuate as well as have intelligence, multi-modal interfaces, physical/ virtual identities and attributes. ICOs can include sensors, RFIDs, social media, actuators (such as machines/equipments fitted with ...

Smart grids enhance power grids by integrating electronic equipment, communication systems and computational tools. In a smart grid, consumers can insert energy into the power grid. We propose a new energy management system (called RLbEMS) that autonomously defines a policy for selling or storing energy surplus in smart homes. This policy is achieved through Batch Reinforcement Learning with hi...

In the current growth of information technology (IT), without realizing, smart cards have been brought as an ideal device for any transaction such as transportation, healthcare, ecommerce, telecommunication, banking and many other applications. Smart card improved the quality of services in terms of security and customization for users. Recognition of aspects which affect on smart card usage is...

Smart grids have become a topic of intensive research, development, and deployment across the world over the last few years. The engagement of consumer sectors—residential, commercial, and industrial—is widely acknowledged as a key requirement for the projected benefits of smart grids to be realized. Although the industrial sector has traditionally been involved in managing power use with what ...

In the past few years the field of pervasive computing has expanded and infiltrated down to everyday consumer activities. Smartness of devices is constantly increasing. Smart products are widespread; not just limited to appliances and electronics. With the availability of such products, there becomes an increased need for a scalable smart environment. The need for real world modeling of such en...

The concept of Smart-Homes is becoming more and more popular. It is anticipated that Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) technology will play a major role in such environments. We can find many previously proposed schemes that focus solely on: authentication between the RFID tags and readers, and user privacy protection from malicious readers. There has also been much talk of a very popular R...

The research and the implementation of home automation are getting more popular because the Internet of Things holds promise for making homes smarter through wireless technologies. The installation of systems based on wireless networks can play a key role also in the extension of the smart grid towards smart homes, that can be deemed as one of the most important components of smart grids. This ...