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

电信一直是加拿大高科技创新的传统支柱，也是我们在国内和国际上最有利可图的市场之一。发电和配电是加拿大另一个非常强劲的市场。加拿大每年向美国出口大量电能，加拿大主要的配电公司已进入美国配电市场。 现在，这两个非常重要的行业相互交叉的时候，以一种新技术的形式发展，这种技术是现代化电力能源部门所需的，以便在21世纪成功地继续其增长，称为智能电网。 智能电网是指未来的电网，包含现代传感器，双向通信能力和强大的计算基础设施，所有这三个都是为了提高发电，输送和使用的效率，灵活性和稳定性。

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.