Peter Han Joo Chong Boon-Chong Seet Michael Chai Saeed Ur Rehman (Eds.) 245 Smart Grid and Innovative Frontiers in Telecommunications Third International Conference, SmartGIFT 2018 Auckland, New Zealand, April 23–24, 2018 Proceedings 123 Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering 245 Editorial Board Ozgur Akan Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey Paolo Bellavista University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy Jiannong Cao Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Geoffrey Coulson Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK Falko Dressler University of Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany Domenico Ferrari Università Cattolica Piacenza, Piacenza, Italy Mario Gerla UCLA, Los Angeles, USA Hisashi Kobayashi Princeton University, Princeton, USA Sergio Palazzo University of Catania, Catania, Italy Sartaj Sahni University of Florida, Florida, USA Xuemin Sherman Shen University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada Mircea Stan University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA Jia Xiaohua City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong Albert Y. 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Printedonacid-freepaper ThisSpringerimprintispublishedbytheregisteredcompanySpringerInternationalPublishingAG partofSpringerNature Theregisteredcompanyaddressis:Gewerbestrasse11,6330Cham,Switzerland Preface Wearedelightedtointroducetheproceedingsofthethirdeditionofthe2018European Alliance for Innovation (EAI) International Conference on Smart Grid and Innovative Frontiers in Telecommunications (SmartGIFT 2018). Different from the last two SmartGIFT conferences that were held in the UK, this year, we brought SmartGIFT fromthenorthernhemispheretothesouthernhemisphereanditwasheldatAuckland, New Zealand, during April 23–24, 2018. SmartGIFT 2018 was co-organized by EAI and Auckland University of Technology. The theme of SmartGIFT 2018 was “Smart Grid and Innovative Frontiers in Telecommunications.” This conference brings toge- ther researchers, developers, and practitioners from around the world who are lever- aginganddevelopingnext-generationsmartgridsforasmarterandmoreresilientgrid, and for advancing telecommunications as an important enabler for human-to-human, human-to-machine, and machine-to-machine connectivity. The technical program of SmartGIFT 2018 consisted of 28 full papers, including five invited papers in oral presentation sessions. Aside from the high-quality technical paper presentations, the technical program also featured three keynote speeches and three invited talks. The keynote speeches were by Professor Soung Chang Liew from The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Professor Tek Tjing Lie, from Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand, and Professor Maode Ma from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. The three invited speakers were Pro- fessorHo-PuiHofromTheChineseUniversityofHongKong,HongKong,Professor Yong Liang Guan from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and Professor Ivan Wang-Hei Ho from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong. SelectedbestpaperswereinvitedtosubmitmanuscriptstospecialissuesofSpringer’s Wireless Networks on “Caching for Wireless Communication Systems and Networks” and AIMS Electronics and Electrical Engineering on “Mobile and Wireless Tech- nologies for Sustainable Mobility and Transportation System.” Coordinationwiththesteeringchairs,ImrichChlamtac,BrunoKesler,VictorC.M. Leung, and Kun Yang, was essential for the success of the conference. We sincerely appreciate their constant support and guidance. It was also a great pleasure to work with such an excellent Organizing Committee team for their hard work in organizing and supporting the conference. In particular, we thank the Technical Program Com- mittee, led by co-chairs, Dr. Xuejun Li and Dr. Faraz Hasan, who completed the peer-reviewprocessoftechnicalpapersandcompiledahigh-qualitytechnicalprogram. Other Organizing Committee members who supported and co-organized this confer- encewereDr.KeWang,Dr.RamonZamora,Dr.SaeedRehman,andDr.HakiloSabit. WearealsogratefultotheEAIconferencemanager,LenkaBilska,forhersupportand all the authors who submitted to and presented their papers at the SmartGIFT 2018 conference.WestronglybelievethattheSmartGIFTconferenceprovidesagoodforum VI Preface for all researchers, developers, and practitioners to discuss all aspects of science and technologyrelevanttosmartgrids.WealsoexpectthatfutureSmartGIFTconferences willbeassuccessfulandstimulatingasindicatedbythecontributionspresentedinthis volume. Peter Chong Boon-Chong Seet Michael Chai Saeed Ur Rehman Organization Steering Committee Steering Committee Chair Imrich Chlamtac Bruno Kessler Professor, University of Trento, Italy /EAI Steering Committee Victor C. M. Leung The University of British Columbia, Canada Kun Yang University of Essex, UK Organizing Committee General Chair Peter Chong Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand General Co-chairs Boon-Chong Seet Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand Michael Chai NZ Queen Mary University of London, UK Technical Program Committee Co-chairs Xuejun Li Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand Faraz Hasan NZ Massey University, New Zealand Web Chair Ke Wang Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China Publicity and Social Media Chair Kin Kee Chow Manchester Metropolitan University, UK Workshops Chair Maode Ma Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Sponsorship and Exhibits Chair Ramon Zamora Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand VIII Organization Publications Chair Saeed Rehman Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand Posters and PhD Track Chair Minglong Zhang Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand Local Chair Hakilo Sabit Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand Conference Manager Lenka Bilska EAI (European Alliance for Innovation) Technical Program Committee Stephan Cejka Siemens Faraz Hasan Massey University, New Zealand Peng-Yong Kong Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates Tuan Anh Le Middlesex University, UK Shunbo Lei The University of Hong Kong, SAR China Hui Lin Fujian Normal University, UK Keivan Navaie Lancaster University, UK Harold Chamorro KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Haozhe Wang University of Exeter, UK Chunbo Luo University of Exeter, UK G. C. Deepak Lancaster University, UK Subhonmesh Bose University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA Khan Ferdous Wahid Airbus Group Innovations Zhibo Pang ABB Corporate Research Haijun Zhang Beijing University of Chemical Technology, China Maysam Qadrdan Cardiff University, UK Xiang Gui Massey University, New Zealand Mohammad Rashid Massey University, New Zealand Fakhrul Alam Massey University, New Zealand Et Lau Queen Mary University of London, UK Abbas Malik Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand Xiaobing Wu University of Canterbury, New Zealand Aziz Ahmad Unitec Institute of Technology, New Zealand Hnin Yu Shwe Nanyang Technological University, Singapore David Tung Chong Wong I2R, Singapore Yi Cen Minzu University of China, China Tuan Phung-Duc University of Tsukuba, Japan Lu Lu Chinese Academy of Science, China Organization IX Shengrong Bu University of Glasgow, UK Chen Chen . Hieu Nguyen INRS-EMT, Canada Amin Khodaei University of Denver, USA Islam Bayram Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute Ye Tian Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China Emanuele Lindo Secco Liverpool Hope University, UK Sunday Ekpo Manchester Metropolitan University, UK Haibo Zhang University of Otago, New Zealand Stewart Blakeway Liverpool Hope University, UK Nasir Ahmad University of Engineering and Technology, Peshawar, India Muhamad Reza Telkom University, Indonesia