Estimating Loss Rates of Links in Smart Grids
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Abstract
A method, apparatus and article of manufacture for estimating loss rates of links in a smart grid. The method includes identifying end-to-end passage rates from a source to each of multiple receiver and/or load meters in a smart grid, and estimating a loss in at least one link of the grid by identifying the sparsest solution of link loss rates that matches the end-to-end passage rates. Also, a system includes a memory, a processor coupled thereto, and software modules executing on the processor, including a monitoring module for monitoring power flow of receiver and/or load meters in a smart grid, a measurement collector module for collecting measurements to compute end-to-end passage rates from a source to each receiver and/or load meter, and a processing module for estimating a loss in a link of the grid by identifying the sparsest solution of link loss rates matching the end-to-end passage rates.
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14. An article of manufacture comprising a computer readable storage medium having computer readable instructions tangibly embodied thereon which, when implemented, cause a computer to carry out a plurality of method steps comprising:
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identifying end-to-end passage rates from a source to each of multiple receiver and/or load meters in a smart grid; and estimating a loss in at least one link of the smart grid by identifying the sparsest solution of link loss rates that matches the end-to-end passage rates. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 26, 27, 28)
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20. A system for estimating loss rates of links in a smart grid, comprising:
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at least one distinct software module, each distinct software module being embodied on a tangible computer-readable medium; a memory; and at least one processor coupled to the memory and operative for; identifying end-to-end passage rates from a source to each of multiple receiver and/or load meters in a smart grid; and estimating a loss in at least one link of the smart grid by identifying the sparsest solution of link loss rates that matches the end-to-end passage rates. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 29, 30, 31)
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25. A system for estimating loss rates of links in a smart grid, comprising:
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a memory; at least one processor coupled to the memory; and at least one distinct software module, each distinct software module being embodied on a tangible computer-readable medium, the at least one distinct software module comprising; a monitoring module, executing on the processor, for monitoring power flow of multiple receiver and/or load meters in a smart grid; a measurement collector module, executing on the processor, for interfacing with the monitoring module to collect measurements to compute end-to-end passage rates from a source to each receiver and/or load meter in the smart grid; and a processing module, executing on the processor, for estimating a loss in at least one link of the smart grid by identifying the sparsest solution of link loss rates that matches the end-to-end passage rates.
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