Wireless Protection of Power Grids over a 5G Network

Future smart grids will look profoundly different from the power grids used today. The increased number of renewables, like solar panels, will increase the need for cost efficient, reliable communication to ensure correct operation of the grid. Using a 5G macro network we show that line differential protection can be handled with wireless ultra-reliable low latency communication. The protection service can be delivered on the same band handling Mobile Broadband traffic.