Capacitated multicommodity flow problem for heterogeneous smart electricity metering communications using column generation
Author
dc.contributor.author
Inga, Esteban
Author
dc.contributor.author
Hincapie, Roberto
Author
dc.contributor.author
Cespedes Umaña, Sandra
Admission date
dc.date.accessioned
2020-04-22T22:30:38Z
Available date
dc.date.available
2020-04-22T22:30:38Z
Publication date
dc.date.issued
2020
Cita de ítem
dc.identifier.citation
Energies 2020, 13, 97
es_ES
Identifier
dc.identifier.other
10.3390/en13010097
Identifier
dc.identifier.uri
https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/174026
Abstract
dc.description.abstract
This paper addresses the planning and deployment of wireless heterogeneous networks (WHNs) for smart metering, based on a cross-layer solution. We combine the constraints of the network layer that considers routing and flow demands at each link in the WHN, while at the same time, we account for the restrictions of the physical layer referred to the capacity of a short range technology when used in a multi-hop fashion. We propose a model based on a column generation approach to solve the capacitated multicommodity flow problem (CMCF); the model includes wireless links capacities, coverage, and cost. The work integrates the multi-hop routing of packets in a mesh network formed by smart meters and concentrators connected to a cellular network via base stations. The traffic of each link is represented in a multigraph with the occupation percentage, and we build a scalable routing tree on a georeferenced map to represent a real deployment. The results describe the behavior of the proposed model in terms of the traffic load per concentrator, the network coverage, and the reduction of energy consumption. We demonstrate that an infrastructure cost reduction is achieved with the inclusion of multi-hop short range technology, which reduces the number of smart meters that require a direct connection to cellular technology. The model guarantees 100% coverage of the smart meters analyzed in each scenario. The calculation time of the CMCF for advanced metering infrastructure (CMCF-AMI) based on the column generation algorithm as the population increases is reduced by 10%, and this is the expected return when the population is considerable.