scholarly journals Communication Technologies for Smart Grid: A Comprehensive Survey

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (23) ◽  
pp. 8087
Author(s):  
Fredrik Ege Abrahamsen ◽  
Yun Ai ◽  
Michael Cheffena
Keyword(s):  
Smart Grid ◽  
Power Systems ◽  
Communication Networks ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Essential Feature ◽  
Data Communication ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Electric Power System ◽  
Power Grids ◽  
Comprehensive Survey

With the ongoing trends in the energy sector such as vehicular electrification and renewable energy, the Smart Grid (SG) is clearly playing a more and more important role in the electric power system industry. One essential feature of the SG is the information flow over high-speed, reliable, and secure data communication networks in order to manage the complex power systems effectively and intelligently. SGs utilize bidirectional communication to function whereas traditional power grids mainly only use one-way communication. The communication requirements and suitable techniques differ depending on the specific environment and scenario. In this paper, we provide a comprehensive and up-to-date survey on the communication technologies used in the SG, including the communication requirements, physical layer technologies, network architectures, and research challenges. This survey aims to help the readers identify the potential research problems in the continued research on the topic of SG communications.

A Fine-Grained Access Control Model for Smart Grid

2014 ◽  
Vol 513-517 ◽  
pp. 772-776
Author(s):  
Chen Wang ◽  
Hong Ai ◽  
Lie Wu ◽  
Yun Yang
Keyword(s):  
Access Control ◽  
Smart Grid ◽  
Power Systems ◽  
Communication Networks ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Data Communication ◽  
Control Model ◽  
Electric Power System ◽  
Access Control Model ◽  
Fine Grained

The smart grid that the next-generation electric power system is studied intensively as a promising solution for energy crisis. One important feature of the smart grid is the integration of high-speed, reliable and secure data communication networks to manage the complex power systems effectively and intelligently. The goal of smart grid is to achieve the security of operation, economic efficient and environmental friendly. To achieve this goal, we proposed a fine-grained access control model for smart grid. In order to improve the security of smart grid, an access-trust-degree algorithm is proposed to evaluate the reliability of the user who want to access to the smart grid.

The Overview of Smart Grid

2014 ◽  
Vol 552 ◽  
pp. 103-106
Author(s):  
Xue Song Zhou ◽  
Xiao Li Kong ◽  
You Jie Ma
Keyword(s):  
Smart Grid ◽  
Electric Power ◽  
Communication Networks ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Measurement Techniques ◽  
Development Trend ◽  
Electric Power System ◽  
Power Development ◽  
Generation Network ◽  
Technology Control

Smart Grid is the newest direction of electric power development, and is regarded as the significant technology innovation and development trend of the electric power system in 21st century. It is also regarded as the inevitable result of the development of economic and technology. It has flexible, clean, safe, economical, and friendly functions. Smart grid is a new "second generation" network, which is built on an integrated basis of two-way high-speed communication networks, through the application of advanced sensing and measurement techniques, equipment technology, control technology and decision support system technology in order to achieve reliable, safe, high-quality, economical, efficient, environmentally friendly and safe using target. Smart Grid’s background, significance key technologies, technical difficulties and prospects are introduced in this paper.

Formal Verification of ZigBee-Based Routing Protocol for Smart Grids

2021 ◽  
pp. 1002-1017
Author(s):  
Adnan Rashid ◽  
Osman Hasan
Keyword(s):  
Smart Grid ◽  
Formal Methods ◽  
Routing Protocol ◽  
Routing Protocols ◽  
Smart Grids ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Power Grids ◽  
Communication Link ◽  
Grid Systems ◽  
Efficiency Performance

Smart grids provide a digital upgradation of the conventional power grids by alleviating the power outages and voltage sags that occur due to their inefficient communication technologies and systems. They mainly tend to strengthen the efficiency, performance, and reliability of the traditional grids by establishing a trusted communication link between their different components through routing protocols. The conventional methods, i.e., the computer-based simulations and net testing, for analyzing these routing network protocols are error-prone and thus cannot be relied upon while analyzing the safety-critical smart grid systems. Formal methods can cater for the above-mentioned inaccuracies and thus can be very beneficial in analyzing communication protocols used in smart grids. In order to demonstrate the utilization and effectiveness of formal methods in analyzing smart grid routing protocols, we use the UPPAAL model checker to formally model the ZigBee-based routing protocol. We also verify some of its properties, such as, liveness, collision avoidance and deadlock freeness.

scholarly journals Conformance Testing and Analysis of Synchrophasor Communication Message Structures and Formats for Wide Area Measurement Systems in Smart Grids

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 106
Author(s):  
Adeyemi Charles Adewole ◽  
Raynitchka Tzoneva
Keyword(s):  
Power Systems ◽  
Power System ◽  
Communication Networks ◽  
Smart Grids ◽  
Data Communication ◽  
System Stability ◽  
Area Measurement ◽  
Wide Area ◽  
Protection And Control ◽  
And Control

The renewed quest for situational awareness in power systems has brought about the use of digital signal processing of power system measurements, and the transmission of such data to control centres via communication networks. At the control centres, power system stability algorithms are executed to provide monitoring, protection, and control in order to prevent blackouts. This can be achieved by upgrading the existing Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems through the deployment of newly proposed power system synchrophasor-based applications for Wide Area Monitoring, Protection, and Control (WAMPAC). However, this can only be done when there is a complete understanding of the methods and technologies associated with the communication network, message structure, and formats required. This paper presents an analysis of the IEEE C37.118 synchrophasor message framework, message formats, and data communication of synchrophasor measurements from Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs) for WAMPAC schemes in smart grids. A newly designed lab-scale testbed is implemented and used in the practical experimentation relating to this paper. Synchrophasor measurements from the PMUs are captured using a network protocol analyzer software-Wireshark, and the compliance of the synchrophasor message structures and formats captured was compared to the specifications defined in the IEEE C37.118 synchrophasor standard.

scholarly journals Authentication of Smart Grid

Cryptography ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 257-276
Author(s):  
Melesio Calderón Muñoz ◽  
Melody Moh
Keyword(s):  
Smart Grid ◽  
Communication Networks ◽  
Smart Grids ◽  
Mesh Networks ◽  
Quantum Computer ◽  
Electrical Power ◽  
Public Key Cryptography ◽  
Power Grids ◽  
Public Key ◽  
Self Healing

The electrical power grid forms the functional foundation of our modern societies, but in the near future our aging electrical infrastructure will not be able to keep pace with our demands. As a result, nations worldwide have started to convert their power grids into smart grids that will have improved communication and control systems. A smart grid will be better able to incorporate new forms of energy generation as well as be self-healing and more reliable. This paper investigates a threat to wireless communication networks from a fully realized quantum computer, and provides a means to avoid this problem in smart grid domains. We discuss and compare the security aspects, the complexities and the performance of authentication using public-key cryptography and using Merkel trees. As a result, we argue for the use of Merkle trees as opposed to public key encryption for authentication of devices in wireless mesh networks (WMN) used in smart grid applications.

ATC Estimation Approach Applying Co-Evolutionary Strategy

2013 ◽  
Vol 423-426 ◽  
pp. 2275-2290
Author(s):  
Ai Ping Chai
Keyword(s):  
Power Systems ◽  
Electricity Market ◽  
High Speed ◽  
Power Grids ◽  
Evolutionary Strategy ◽  
Simulation Studies ◽  
Artificial Fish Swarm Algorithm ◽  
Artificial Fish Swarm ◽  
Safety And Stability ◽  
Sufficient Precision

Under electricity market environment, it is very important how to calculate available transfer capacity (ATC) of power grids with high speed and precision, and how to ensure its safety and stability. In order to resolve the issue more effectively and operate the power systems more efficiently, in this paper an co-evolutionary strategy is proposed for ATC estimation based on particle swarm optimization (PSO) and artificial fish swarm algorithm (AFSA), where PSO and AFSA are respectively improved to boost the efficiency. In the end, simulation studies show that the proposed method is capable of estimating ATC with high speed and sufficient precision.

Authentication of Smart Grid

2016 ◽  
pp. 117-136
Author(s):  
Melesio Calderón Muñoz ◽  
Melody Moh
Keyword(s):  
Smart Grid ◽  
Communication Networks ◽  
Smart Grids ◽  
Mesh Networks ◽  
Quantum Computer ◽  
Electrical Power ◽  
Public Key Cryptography ◽  
Power Grids ◽  
Public Key ◽  
Self Healing

The electrical power grid forms the functional foundation of our modern societies, but in the near future our aging electrical infrastructure will not be able to keep pace with our demands. As a result, nations worldwide have started to convert their power grids into smart grids that will have improved communication and control systems. A smart grid will be better able to incorporate new forms of energy generation as well as be self-healing and more reliable. This paper investigates a threat to wireless communication networks from a fully realized quantum computer, and provides a means to avoid this problem in smart grid domains. We discuss and compare the security aspects, the complexities and the performance of authentication using public-key cryptography and using Merkel trees. As a result, we argue for the use of Merkle trees as opposed to public key encryption for authentication of devices in wireless mesh networks (WMN) used in smart grid applications.

scholarly journals An Automatic Design Framework for Real-Time Power System Simulators Supporting Smart Grid Applications

Electronics ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleftherios Mylonas ◽  
Nikolaos Tzanis ◽  
Michael Birbas ◽  
Alexios Birbas
Keyword(s):  
Smart Grid ◽  
Power System ◽  
Real Time ◽  
High Speed ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Power Grids ◽  
Low Latency ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Automatic Design ◽  
Design Framework

Smart grid technology is the next step to the evolution of classical power grids, providing robustness, reliability, and security throughout the network, enabling real-time management and control. To achieve these goals, distributed computing (microgrid concept) and intelligent control algorithms, tailored to the nature and needs of the network under study, are necessary. To deal with the vast diversity of power grids, being able to capture the dynamics of any given network, and create tools for network analysis, apparatus testing, and power grid management, an automatic design framework for real-time power system simulators is needed. In this article, a prototype of this approach is presented, employing Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) platforms due to their reconfigurability that enables low-power, low-latency, and high-performance designs, as a first attempt towards an open source platform, compatible with the majority of hardware design suites. It comprises two major parts: (i) a user-oriented section, built in Matlab/Simulink; and (ii) a hardware-oriented section, written in Matlab and Very High Speed Integrated Circuit (VHSIC)-Hardware Description Language (VHDL) code. To verify its functionality, two test power networks were given in a schematic format, analyzed through Matlab code and turned into dedicated hardware simulators with the aid of the VHDL template. Then, simulation results from Simulink and the prototype were compared for error estimation. The results show the prototype’s successful implementation with minimal resources utilization, high performance and low latency in the order of nanoseconds in Xilinx 6- and 7-series FPGAs, therefore proving its modularity and efficient use in many different scenarios, meeting low-latency/real-time requirements while enabling further smart grid research.

Formal Verification of ZigBee-Based Routing Protocol for Smart Grids

2022 ◽  
pp. 942-957
Author(s):  
Adnan Rashid ◽  
Osman Hasan
Keyword(s):  
Smart Grid ◽  
Formal Methods ◽  
Routing Protocol ◽  
Routing Protocols ◽  
Smart Grids ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Power Grids ◽  
Communication Link ◽  
Grid Systems ◽  
Efficiency Performance

Smart grids provide a digital upgradation of the conventional power grids by alleviating the power outages and voltage sags that occur due to their inefficient communication technologies and systems. They mainly tend to strengthen the efficiency, performance, and reliability of the traditional grids by establishing a trusted communication link between their different components through routing protocols. The conventional methods, i.e., the computer-based simulations and net testing, for analyzing these routing network protocols are error-prone and thus cannot be relied upon while analyzing the safety-critical smart grid systems. Formal methods can cater for the above-mentioned inaccuracies and thus can be very beneficial in analyzing communication protocols used in smart grids. In order to demonstrate the utilization and effectiveness of formal methods in analyzing smart grid routing protocols, we use the UPPAAL model checker to formally model the ZigBee-based routing protocol. We also verify some of its properties, such as, liveness, collision avoidance and deadlock freeness.

Security Issues of Communication Networks in Smart Grid

2016 ◽  
pp. 29-49
Author(s):  
Gurbakshish Singh Toor ◽  
Maode Ma
Keyword(s):  
Power Generation ◽  
Smart Grid ◽  
Communication Networks ◽  
Smart Grids ◽  
Information Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Energy Aware ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Efficient Power ◽  
Electricity Infrastructure

The evolution of the traditional electricity infrastructure into smart grids promises more reliable and efficient power management, more energy aware consumers and inclusion of renewable sources for power generation. These fruitful promises are attracting initiatives by various nations all over the globe in various fields of academia. However, this evolution relies on the advances in the information technologies and communication technologies and thus is inevitably prone to various risks and threats. This work focuses on the security aspects of HAN and NAN subsystems of smart grids. The chapter presents some of the prominent attacks specific to these subsystems, which violate the specific security goals requisite for their reliable operation. The proposed solutions and countermeasures for these security issues presented in the recent literature have been reviewed to identify the promising solutions with respect to the specific security goals. The paper is concluded by presenting some of the challenges that still need to be addressed.

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