Performance Evaluation of Transport Protocols in Smart Meter Networks

• Main Authors: Lu,Chia-Wen, 呂佳紋
• Other Authors: Wu,Quincy
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2012
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/55955547932111964683

碩士 === 國立暨南國際大學 === 資訊工程學系 === 100 === A smart meter is crucial in the advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), which aims to assist the provider and customers working together to utilize electrical energy more efficiently. Smart meter networks are interactive networks which transport many messages (e.g. control messages, electrical usage messages) between providers and customers. Due to the maturity of Internet Protocol (IP), it is foreseen as a popular network layer protocol for smart meter networks. However, the best-effort service model of IP requires it to work with a higher layer reliable transport protocol in order to deliver critical messages in smart meter networks. Stream Control Transmission Protocol (SCTP) is a new reliable transport protocol with multi-homing and multi-streaming mechanisms. When a primary network path breaks down, SCTP connections can still continue transmitting data via backup path, and this mechanism is transparent to upper layer applications. According to the experiments on Linux platforms, SCTP can achieve higher throughput than TCP when the packet loss rate is less than 10% . This makes SCTP a suitable protocol to provide a reliable and stable communication services in smart meter networks.