Customized Ping Tool for Smart Grid Communication Network Testing

Abstract

Heterogeneous and hybrid smart grid communication network is a network that comprises of different communication mediums and technologies.Performance evaluation is one of the main concerns in smart grid communication system. In any smart grid communication implementation, to determine the performance factor of the network, a testing of an end-to-end process flow is required. Therefore, an effective testing tool plays a crucial role in evaluating the performance of smart grid communications. Ping is currently one of the most widely used tools. In this paper, a customized ping utility, called Smart Grid Ping, is introduced. This utility provides random ping intervals with user selectable distribution, allowing network administrators to test the reachability and availability of various applications in smart grid communication system.

Use of Machine Learning in Interactive Cybersecurity and Network Education

“…The application provides users with a series of levels where the user would control how bundles of information or “packets” were routed between devices in a simulated network. These levels would have the user learn about topics such as routing, weighted graphs, algorithms, pinging, and a cybersecurity attack known as the “man in the middle” [ 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 , 19 , 20 , 21 ]. All of these levels remain in the second version which we called as ML version of the application and were improved to more intuitively convey the ideas being taught.…”