naa a22 4500 510794599 CHVBK 20180411083331.0 cr unu---uuuuu 180411e20130401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11277-013-1060-9 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11277-013-1060-9 Optimal Design of Remote Terminal Unit (RTU) for Wireless SCADA System for Energy Management [Elektronische Daten] [Muhammad Aamir, Javier Poncela, Muhammad Uqaili, B. Chowdhry, Nishat Khan] For energy deficit countries, the design of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) based energy management systems for optimal distribution is of high interest. Such design involves development of Remote Terminal Unit (RTU) which is considered as an essential component of any high scale SCADA system and it is functioning as remote field data interface. Considering various generations of SCADA, two different designs of an RTU are proposed for third generation (Networked Approach) SCADA in view of energy management applications. One design includes Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) as CPU of RTU and other would involve Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) instead of PLC. This paper results in comparative study of two different selections of CPUs for designing an RTU based on performance measurement. PLC based RTU exhibits limited features where as FPGA based RTU possesses unique features like encryption support, radio support and large memory area. Suitable simulation tools are needed in order to determine the best approach. The main objective of this study is to propose a design outline considering significant parameters that facilitates optimized development and low cost implementation of an RTU, also featured with wireless communication. In addition to the optimized design of an RTU by means of comparative study, a brief discussion on optimization of wireless link for Remote Terminal Unit is also presented. This phase involves detailed comparison among various options considering the RF spectrum for optimal solution. This segment of research results in design of optimized wireless link for the planned low cost Remote Terminal Unit (RTU). A scenario depicting multiple RTUs communicating with one Tele-Control Interface (TCI) is discussed to address optimized implementation of wireless SCADA. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2013 Remote Terminal Unit (RTU) nationallicence Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) nationallicence Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) nationallicence Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) nationallicence Wireless Communication nationallicence Tele-Control Interface (TCI) nationallicence Aamir Muhammad Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, Pakistan aut Poncela Javier ETSI Telecommunication Engineering, University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain aut Uqaili Muhammad Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, Pakistan aut Chowdhry B. Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, Pakistan aut Khan Nishat Advanced Engineering Research Organization, Karachi, Pakistan aut Wireless Personal Communications Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 69/3(2013-04-01), 999-1012 0929-6212 69:3<999 2013 69 11277 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-013-1060-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-013-1060-9 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Aamir Muhammad Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, Pakistan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Poncela Javier ETSI Telecommunication Engineering, University of Malaga, Malaga, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Uqaili Muhammad Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, Pakistan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chowdhry B. Mehran University of Engineering and Technology, Jamshoro, Pakistan aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Khan Nishat Advanced Engineering Research Organization, Karachi, Pakistan aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Wireless Personal Communications Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 69/3(2013-04-01), 999-1012 0929-6212 69:3<999 2013 69 11277 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer