Deployment of LoRA WAN Network for Rural Smart Grid in Brazil

Abstract

The communication between various intelligent network devices for the ADMS interfaces, it is necessary to deploy an appropriate communication network to meet the requirements of all intelligent network components.A very common problem encountered in smart grid design and deployment lies in the definition of the communication network that will serve the project. Many ways of developing communication network projects have been tested in Brazil, all in urban areas where the cellular network is abundant and the endpoints are close to each other.In this paper, we list all the steps that led us to decide on the adoption of a LoRaWAN communication network and how this network is being implemented in the CPFL / UFSM / ANEEL project in southern Brazil in a rural area and testing with experimental LORAWAN network in UFSM Campus.