Resilient Distribution System Restoration With Communication Recovery by Drone Small Cells
Haochen Zhang, Chen Chen, Shunbo Lei, Zhaohong Bie
Abstract
Distribution system (DS) restoration after natural disasters often faces the challenge of communication failures to feeder automation (FA) facilities, resulting in prolonged load pick-up process. This letter discusses the utilization of drone small cells for wireless communication recovery of FA, and proposes an integrated DS restoration strategy with communication recovery. Demonstrative case studies are conducted to validate the proposed model, and its advantages are illustrated by comparing to benchmark strategies.
Topics & Concepts
DroneBenchmark (surveying)WirelessComputer scienceAutomationProcess (computing)Communications systemDisaster recoveryReliability engineeringEngineeringReal-time computingComputer networkTelecommunicationsOperating systemGeodesyMechanical engineeringGeographyGeneticsBiologyUAV Applications and OptimizationSmart Grid Security and ResilienceFull-Duplex Wireless Communications