Article Communication Network Standards for Smart Grid Infrastructures Konstantinos Demertzis 1,2,* , Konstantinos Tsiknas 3, Dimitrios Taketzis 4 , Dimitrios N. Skoutas 5 , Charalabos Skianis 5, Lazaros Iliadis 2 and Kyriakos E. Zoiros 3 1 Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences, Kavala Campus, International Hellenic University, 65404 St. Loukas, Greece 2 Faculty of Mathematics Programming and General Courses, School of Civil Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, Kimmeria, 67100 Xanthi, Greece;
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[email protected] Abstract: Upgrading the existing energy infrastructure to a smart grid necessarily goes through the provision of integrated technological solutions that ensure the interoperability of business processes and reduce the risk of devaluation of systems already in use. Considering the heterogeneity of the current infrastructures, and in order to keep pace with the dynamics of their operating environment, we should aim to the reduction of their architectural complexity and the addition of new and more efficient technologies and procedures. Furthermore, the integrated management of the Citation: Demertzis, K.; Tsiknas, K.; overall ecosystem requires a collaborative integration strategy which should ensure the end-to-end Taketzis, D.; Skoutas, D.N.; Skianis, interconnection under specific quality standards together with the establishment of strict security C.; Iliadis, L.; Zoiros, K.E.