System and method for providing smart grid communications and management

摘要

A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving phasor measurement unit (PMU) data in a first transmission; converting the first transmission into a multicast transmission; and multicasting the PMU data to a multicast group address, which identifies a plurality of subscribers. In more specific implementations, the converting of the first transmission into the multicast transmission occurs at a first-hop router in relation to a PMU source that sent the first transmission. In some cases, the first transmission is a unicast transmission sent from a network element, which includes a PMU sensor.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
receiving first phasor measurement unit (PMU) data in a first transmission without multicast information; determining whether one or more subscribers identified by a first multicast group address are present; converting the first transmission into a first multicast transmission if one or more of the subscribers are present; multicasting the first PMU data to the first multicast group address if one or more of the subscribers are present; and discarding the first PMU data if none of subscribers are present.