Migration of the IT Technologies to the Smart Grids

摘要

The Smart Grids are the electrical and communications networks that allow regulating the production and consumption of electricity in real time. This technology introduces a sophisticated and effective management at the level of resources into the power grid. There is necessary to propose a sufficiently dimensioned data network to ensure the effective management. The main goal of this paper is to provide an introduction to industrial control networks. The paper also describes the current situation of these networks and the gradual migration of IT technologies from ICT networks to industrial control networks. Finally, the last goal of this paper is to perform a view of the possible future development of data networks in industrial control networks.