The ema kable achie emen s in he ields o
ne wo king and dis ibu ed p ocesses echnology a e
con e ging in o a common pla o m o he
de elopmen o new and inno a i e app oaches o
he mos classical p oblems ound in many ields o
indus y and especially in he subs a ion en i onmen .
The e olu ion o he echnology used o
con ol he Powe Sys em has ollowed a clea end
o e ecen yea s: he s anda diza ion o
communica ion and applica ion p o ocols.
Following his line, he In e ne echnology
and i s wo king p inciples a e being adop ed in mo e
and mo e pa s o he o e all au oma ion scena io.
Vi ual Dis ibu ed Ins umen a ion in he
Subs a ion En i onmen
The Ja a-CORBA en i onmen opens he doo
o he de elopmen o a mobile agen echnology
pla o m. Thanks o his, i will be possible o ob ain
an ac i e dis ibu ed objec s en i onmen capable o
hos ing any kind o applica ion and hus pa ing he
oad o an in elligen da a ga he ing sys em
implemen a ion ha could be applied ei he a he
subs a ion domain o e en a he whole con ol
ne wo k scope.
The mobile agen s’ echnology allows he
applica ions o mo e h ough he ne wo k and o be
execu ed om anywhe e. In addi ion, i will be possible
o co ela e da a om di e en measu emen
en i onmen s o complemen one measu emen
p ocess wi h o he in o ma ion ga he ed o m any
o he emo e si e. Sha ing esou ces and he
elimina ion o obs acles in oduced by he
communica ion ne wo ks will be he key ha opens
he doo o a new concep o ins umen a ion and
da a ga he ing.
The p esen a ion and access in e ace o da a
is based on Web echnology. Thanks o his, i will be
possible o access he expe imen ools using any
kind o in e ne b owse and he e o e in eg a e
di e en pla o ms in o a common in ane , which
would be accessible om anywhe e connec ed o he
ne wo k.
The IP p o ocol is he ne wo k laye
p o ocol adop ed o he new UCA 2.0
/ IEC 61850 [1] ha will be used no
only o communica e Con ol Cen e
and subs a ions bu also a e e y le el
o he subs a ion communica ion ha
implemen local and emo e con ol as
well as local p o ec ion.
The ad an ages in oduced by
he IP p o ocol a he ne wo k laye
such as connec i i y, eliabili y, and
lexibili y, ha e al eady been explained
and ho oughly de eloped in p e ious
pape s[2]. Ne e heless, hese
ad an ages do no only imp o e he
ne wo k laye bu also pa e he oad
o he in oduc ion o new capabili ies
ha imp o e he way applica ions
in e ac and how in o ma ion is
decen alized hus gaining ubiqui y
since i could po en ially be s o ed in, o e ie ed
om, any da a eposi o y loca ed in e e y si e o he
ne wo k.
The main goal o his p ojec is o de elop a
echnology ha will allow i ual dis ibu ed esea ch
[3]. The e o e, he sys em will be o ien a ed owa ds
dis ibu ed objec s wi h Web accessibili y. The p ojec
is based on a numbe o exis ing echnologies such
as JAVA objec echnology, he Common Objec
Reques B oke A chi ec u e (CORBA) and he mobile
agen echnology. The applica ions dis ibu ed in an
IP ne wo k will be accessible om any execu ed
applica ion in a se e , as i hey we e physically
si ua ed in he same machine.
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Figu e1. Sys em a chi ec u e and Componen s