5. Conclusion

This work has assessed and investigated the prospective of the emerging 5G cellular technologies capabilities to be incorporated with the power grid to allow the accomplishment of an actually smart grid. Based on time-to-market strategy, we have proposed two different 5G-based commercial and architectural models that enable a really congregated power grid-ICT infrastructure, denoted as a near-term model and a long-term model. Exactly, this work has formulated a proficient universal hybrid fiber/5G- based converged grid-communication networking infrastructure to facilitate effective and extensive DERs implementation. The salient feature of the proposed architecture is that it facilitates and ensures seamless endto-end interoperability among the millions of multiple vendors' communication devices distributed throughout the entire distribution grid. Furthermore, it enables the development of the assessment tools and practices, which can be used as initial guidelines by utilities and/or grid operators, to specify ICT requirements needed to support full advanced distribution automation, including wide-scale integration of DERs and enhanced system resilience.
