Secure and QoS-enabled heterogeneous communication networks for servicing the smart grid

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Telecommunications has been traditionally at the top of Canadian high tech innovation, and is one of our most profitable markets nationally and internationally. Electric power generation and distribution is another very strong market for Canada. Considerable amount of electric energy is exported every year to the United States, and major Canadian power distribution companies have gained access into the US electricity distribution market. Now the time these two very important industries cross each others path, in the form of the development of a new technology required to modernize the electric energy sector to successfully continue its growth in the 21st century, known as Smart grid. Smart grid refers to a future electric grid, containing modern sensors, bidirectional communication capability, and powerful computational infrastructure, all three used in coherence in order to improve the efficiency, flexibility and stability of the electric power generation, delivery and use.