Information and Communications Technology

Hybrid Communication Module ­ Motivations, Requirements, Challenges and Implementations
Johnny Mafra, Jr. and Márcio Hosami (FITec, Brazil); Lucas Freitas, Marcus Martinelli and Antonio Almeida (AES Eletropaulo, Brazil) Optimal Dimensioning of FiWi Networks over Advanced Metering Infrastructure for the Smart Grid
Esteban Inga­Ortega and Arturo Peralta­Sevilla (Universidad Politécnica Salesiana & Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, Ecuador); Roberto Carlos Hincapie ( Pontificia Bolivariana, Colombia); Ferney Amaya (GIDATI Research Group, Colombia); Idelfonso Tafur Monroy (Technical University of Denmark, Denmark)
Khimo, a secure access platform for endpoint smart grid connectivity
Juan Pechiar (Universidad de la República & IEEE Uruguay Section, Uruguay); Federico Núñez and Alberto Canabal (Ikatu, Uruguay) Channel Modeling and Characterization of outdoor Low Voltage NB­PLC for AMI
Bilal Masood (COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Lahore, Pakistan); Sobia Baig (COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan)