Review Article
Network Architecture, Security Issues, and Hardware Implementation of a Home Area Network for Smart Grid
Table 1
Smart Grid innovations versus existing power grid.
| Existing grid | Smart Grid |
| Electromechanical | Digital | One-way communication | Two-way communication | Centralized generation | Distributed generation | Hierarchical | Network of networks | Few sensors | Sensors throughout | Blind | Self-monitoring | Manual repairing | Self-healing | Failures and blackouts | Adaptive and islanding | Manual check/test | Remote check/test | Limited control | Pervasive control | Few customer choices | Many customer choices |
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