System Configuration and QoS Control of Mobile Agents for a Next-generation of Distribution System
Tetsuo Otani · IEEJ Transactions on Electronics Information and Systems · 2004
We are developing an information and communication system for a demand area power system (DAPS), one of the next-generation of distribution grids to which many dispersed generators can connect freely. This information and communication system is required to be adaptive and autonomous because states of DAPS may change dynamically. In addition, it must perform quickly enough to isolate a fault section from other sections in DAPS. Mobile agent technique promises to make a system adaptive and autonomous. However, existing platforms for mobile agents do not take it into account to perform in real-time such as isolation of a fault section. In this paper, we propose a mobile agent platform named MAFDAPS (Mobile Agents For Demand Area Power Systems) that provides priority controls and object classes making itself flexible. We have built a prototype system of MAFDAPS using JavaTM. The results from this prototype system indicate the applicability of MAFDAPS to operations of DAPS.