Patent Document ID: 9111055
Application ID: 13529260
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A system for performing demand-response program simulations, said system comprising: a database containing a plurality of parameters related to a demand-response program simulation; an emulator controller instantiating at least one network emulator capable of receiving a control broadcast message based on said parameters obtained from said database; a plurality of emulated smart grid devices, wherein each said network emulator emulates a network interfacing with said emulated smart grid device capable of receiving, processing and responding to said control broadcast message; at least one non-emulated smart grid device located at a consumer facility, wherein at least one of said at least one non-emulated smart grid device hosts, and is communicatively connected with, one of said emulated smart grid devices and at least one of said at least one non-emulated smart grid device is communicatively connected to said emulator controller over a non-emulated network.