SERVICE ORIENTED CLOUD ARCHITECTURE FOR IMPROVED PERFORMANCE OF SMART GRID APPLICATIONS

Rajeev T, Ashok S.

Abstract: An effective and flexible computational platform is needed for the data coordination and processing associated with real time operational and application services in smart grid. A server environment where multiple applications are hosted by a common pool of virtualized server resources demands an open source structure for ensuring operational flexibility. In this paper, open source architecture is proposed for real time services which involve data coordination and processing. The architecture enables secure and reliable exchange of information and transactions with users over the internet to support various services. Prioritizing the applications based on complexity enhances efficiency of resource allocation in such situations. A priority based scheduling algorithm is proposed in the work for application level performance management in the structure. Analytical model based on queuing theory is developed for evaluating the performance of the test bed. The implementation is done using open stack cloud and the test results show a significant gain of 8% with the algorithm

Keywords: Service Oriented Architecture, Smart grid, Mean response time, Open stack, Queuing model

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2013.0209001