Description / Abstract:
This SAE Information Report establishes use cases for
communication between plug-in electric vehicles and the electric
power grid, for energy transfer and other applications.
Purpose
The purpose of J2836/1™ is to document the set of use cases
which must be supported by SAE Recommended Practice J2847/1,
Communication Between Plug-in Vehicles and the Utility Grid.
Use Case Methodology
Each use case is described by a ‘package' comprising several
components:
• Brief written description of the use case, its actors, and
intended purpose.
• Scenario matrix, specifying required and optional use case
attributes.
• Equipment diagram, depicting actors and physical components of
the use case.
• Communication path diagram, depicting communication transports
and components.
• Activity diagram, depicting the interactions among use case
actors.
• Sequence diagram, depicting the sequence of message flows in
the use case.
Several of these concepts – notably, actors, and the activity
and sequence diagrams – derive from EPRI Intelligrid methodology,
which in turn is based on Unified Modeling Language
(UML)1
1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unified_Modeling_Language