Electric Vehicle Integration in a Smart Microgrid Environment

2 Fog Computing for Smart Grids

Challenges and Solutions

Linna Ruan

Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications

Shaoyong Guo and Xuesong Qiu

Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications

Rajkumar Buyya

The University of Melbourne

Contents

2.1 Introduction

2.2 SGs

2.2.1 Architecture

2.2.2 Current and Upcoming Problems

2.3 Fog Computing-Driven SG Architecture

2.3.1 Features

2.3.2 Fog Computing Complements the Cloud

2.3.3 Fog Computing Helps Address SG Problems

2.4 Current Solutions for Applying Fog Computing to SGs

2.4.1 Fog-based SG Architecture

2.4.2 Mainly Discussed Applications

2.4.3 Key Problems Focused in Strategy Design

2.4.4 Fog+

2.5 Research Challenges and Future Directions

2.5.1 Security and Privacy

2.5.2 Huge Amounts ...