Feasibility Study of Routing Protocols in Smartgrid

The current power grid infrastructure is being transformed to a better and responsive smart grid worldwide. This transformation still requires a lot of polishing advancements to make the grid even smarter, especially the communication infrastructure. The existing communication system has certain drawbacks such as cost of installation and maintenance, data overhead, coverage problem, better routing algorithms, data security and privacy. This paper focuses on designing a better routing protocol that addresses the various network QoS parameters such as packet drop and delay. The network was simulated over a portion of Vallikavu area (500m2), under Oachira substation, India in QualNet network simulator.