Demand Response mechanisms help power grid
operators to dynamically manage demand from customers and maintain a stable
power supply level. With the development of 3G technologies, many services can
co-exist simultaneously. A common 3G technology is UMTS, currently being deployed in a number of countries. It is used as the platform for our task.
We explore the impact
of DR Service on other services within the UMTS framework: Compared to TCP, UDP
as a transport protocol is a better choice for DR Service; Different physical
environments for DR application are evaluated; The
impact that DR Service has on RRC Service can be limited to minimum if the
frequency of DR Service is controlled.
XML-based DR
application introduces redundant data, larger DR
messages have a more significant impact on RRC Service. XML compression
technologies can reduce the size of DR messages to 20%-50% of the original
documents.