  Internet of Things (IoT) technologies are pervading different application
domains by relying on sensing and actuating devices that share, process and
present meaningful real-world information. One of the most important of these
domains is certainly the Smart Grid (SG), where the use of advanced measurement
and control equipment and the diffusion of communication technologies are
making an adaptive, reliable, and efficient management of the energy possible,
with several new applications. In this scenario, this paper focuses on one of
the major IoT features, which is the virtualization, and proposes an IoT
solution for wide area measurement systems where virtualized phasor measurement
resources are introduced. Such a solution is intended to make a programmable
and smart environment fostering interoperability, reusability and flexibility
of SG services. The performance of the system is evaluated for both the traffic
generated and the latency to understand which scenarios can benefit from its
deployment.
