%0 Journal Article
%T Role of Information and Communication Technologies in the Smart Grid
%A Ban Al-Omar
%A A. R. Al-Ali
%A Rana Ahmed
%A Taha Landolsi
%J Journal of Emerging Trends in Computing and Information Sciences
%D 2012
%I ARPN Publishers
%X In the smart grid operation and management, reliable and real-time information and communication networks play a very critical role. By integrating the appropriate information and communication technologies (ICT) infrastructure, automated control, sensing and metering technologies, and energy management techniques, the smart grid has emerged as a solution that empowers utilities and consumers to share the responsibilities of operating and managing the power grid more efficiently. This paper presents a survey
%K Smart grid
%K micro grid
%K information technology
%K wireless communications
%K renewable energy resources
%U http://cisjournal.org/journalofcomputing/archive/vol3no5/vol3no5_7.pdf