Review Article

A Review of Wireless and PLC Propagation Channel Characteristics for Smart Grid Environments

Table 1

Communication requirements for some smart grid applications.

ApplicationData rateLatencyReliability

AMILowHighMedium
SCADAMediumLowHigh
Video surveillanceHighMediumHigh
Mobile workforceLowLowHigh
Distributed energy management and controlMediumLowHigh