TY - JOUR
T1 - A Cost-Efficient Communication Framework For Battery Switch Based Electric Vehicle Charging
AU - Cao, Yue
AU - Yang, Shusen
AU - Min, Geyong
AU - Zhang, Xing
AU - Song, Houbing
AU - Kaiwartya, Omprakash
AU - Aslam, Nauman
PY - 2017/5/1
Y1 - 2017/5/1
N2 - Charging management for Electric Vehicles (EVs) on-the-move has become an increasingly important research problem in smart cities. Major technical challenges include the selection of Charging Stations (CSs) to guide charging plans, and the design of cost-efficient communication infrastructure between the power grid and EVs. In this article, we first present a brief review on state-of-the-art EV charging management schemes. Next, by incorporating battery switch technology to enable fast charging service, a Publish/Subscribe (P/S) communication framework is provisioned to support the EV charging service. Upon that, we develop a fully distributed charging management scheme with the consideration of urban travel uncertainties, e.g., traffic congestions and drivers’ preferences. This would benefit from low privacy sensitivity, as EVs’ status information will not be released through management. Results demonstrate a guidance for the provisioning of P/S communication framework to improve EV drivers’ experience, e.g., charging waiting time and total trip duration. Also, the benefit of P/S communication framework is reflected in terms of the communication efficiency. Open research issues of this emerging area are also presented.
AB - Charging management for Electric Vehicles (EVs) on-the-move has become an increasingly important research problem in smart cities. Major technical challenges include the selection of Charging Stations (CSs) to guide charging plans, and the design of cost-efficient communication infrastructure between the power grid and EVs. In this article, we first present a brief review on state-of-the-art EV charging management schemes. Next, by incorporating battery switch technology to enable fast charging service, a Publish/Subscribe (P/S) communication framework is provisioned to support the EV charging service. Upon that, we develop a fully distributed charging management scheme with the consideration of urban travel uncertainties, e.g., traffic congestions and drivers’ preferences. This would benefit from low privacy sensitivity, as EVs’ status information will not be released through management. Results demonstrate a guidance for the provisioning of P/S communication framework to improve EV drivers’ experience, e.g., charging waiting time and total trip duration. Also, the benefit of P/S communication framework is reflected in terms of the communication efficiency. Open research issues of this emerging area are also presented.
KW - Batteries
KW - Switches
KW - Cascading style sheets
KW - Vehicles
KW - Urban areas
KW - Uncertainty
KW - Charging stations
U2 - 10.1109/MCOM.2017.1600913
DO - 10.1109/MCOM.2017.1600913
M3 - Article
VL - 55
SP - 162
EP - 169
JO - IEEE Communications Magazine
JF - IEEE Communications Magazine
SN - 0163-6804
IS - 5
ER -