title: Smart grid as a service: a discussion on design issues.
abstract: Smart grid allows the integration of distributed renewable energy resources into the conventional electricity distribution power grid such that the goals of reduction in power cost and in environment pollution can be met through an intelligent and efficient matching between power generators and power loads. Currently, this rapidly developing infrastructure is not as "smart" as it should be because of the lack of a flexible, scalable, and adaptive structure. As a solution, this work proposes smart grid as a service (SGaaS), which not only allows a smart grid to be composed out of basic services, but also allows power users to choose between different services based on their own requirements. The two important issues of service-level agreements and composition of services are also addressed in this work. Finally, we give the details of how SGaaS can be implemented using a FIPA-compliant JADE multiagent system.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Chung Cheng University, No. 168 University Road, Min-Hsiung Township, Chiayi County 62102, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Hung-Lin
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-7203-593X
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Chao
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Chung Cheng University, No. 168 University Road, Min-Hsiung Township, Chiayi County 62102, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chen-Chou
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, National Chung Cheng University, No. 168 University Road, Min-Hsiung Township, Chiayi County 62102, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Pao-Ann
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-3639-1467
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Hsiung
authors.affiliation: The Examination Yuan of ROC, No. 1 Shiyuan Road, Wenshan District, Taipei City 11601, Taiwan.
authors.forename: I-Hsin
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Chou
mesh_terms: D003195:Computer Communication Networks; D004560:Electricity; D004867:Equipment Design / Q000379:methods*; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods; D059205:Renewable Energy