Smart Grid Applications for a Practical Implementation of IP over Narrowband Power Line Communications

Uribe-Pérez, Noelia; Angulo, Itziar; Vega, David; Arzuaga, Txetxu; Fernández, Igor; Arrinda, Amaia

doi:10.3390/en10111782

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“…Then, the automatic breakers will isolate the faulty line (during fault occurrence) till the network reconfiguration. The SB sends data about its status to CC, while the CC send commands to the remote switches to connect or disconnect (on or off) [28]. The reconfiguration allows to handover the demand on other lines that have lower loads [29].…”

Section: Smart Breaker In Smart Gridmentioning

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A Lightweight Scheme to Authenticate and Secure the Communication in Smart Grids

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Self-reconfiguration in electrical power grids is a significant tool for their planning and operation during both normal and abnormal conditions. The increasing in employment of Intelligent Electronic Devices (IEDs), as well as the rapid growth of the new communication technologies have increased the application of Feeder Automation (FA) in Distribution Networks (DNs). In a Smart Grid (SG), automation equipment, such as a Smart Breaker (SB), is used. Using either a wired or a wireless network or even a combination of both, communication between the Control Center (CC) and SBs can be made. Nowadays, wireless technology is widely used in the communication of DNs. This may cause several security vulnerabilities in the power system, such as remote attacks, with the goal of cutting off the electrical power provided to significant consumers. Therefore, to preserve the cybersecurity of the system, there is a need for a secure scheme. The available literature investments proposed a heavyweight level in security schemes, while the overhead was not considered. To overcome this drawback, this paper presents an efficient lightweight authentication mechanism with the necessary steps to ensure real-time automatic reconfiguration during a fault. As a first stage, authentication will be made between CC and SB, SB then sends the information about its status. To ensure the integrity of the authentication exchange, a hash function is used, while the symmetric algorithm is used to ensure privacy. The applicability of the suggested scheme has been proved by conducting security performance and analysis. The proposed scheme will be injected on ABB medium voltage breaker with the REF 542plus controller. Therefore, the probable benefit of the suggested scheme is the contribution to provide more flexibility for electrical utilities in terms of reducing the overall computational overhead and withstanding to various types of attacks, while also opening new prospects in FA of SGs.

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Section: Smart Breaker In Smart Gridmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Lightweight Scheme to Authenticate and Secure the Communication in Smart Grids

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“…Advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) is a system composed of smart meters, communication networks, and systems for managing data. Utilities employ AMI to operate a variety of services and applications, such as meter reading of smart meters, remote management of smart meters, demand response (DR), provision of power information to the customer, and power distribution management [1]. From DR through AMI, the utilities can provide consumers with a variety of optional pricing rate information, such as the time-of-use (TOU), critical peak pricing, and real-time pricing, and can allow consumers to choose a reasonable pricing rate based on their power usage patterns [2][3][4].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Statistical Learning for Service Quality Estimation in Broadband PLC AMI

Kim

Chung

2019

Energies

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In this paper, we propose a method to estimate communication performance for the advanced metering infrastructure that employs the power line communication (PLC) technology. Using bit-per-symbol signals from the PLC network management system, we estimate a PLC model quality in terms of packet success rate based on statistical learning. We also verify the accuracy of the estimations by comparing them with measured communication test results at test sites. Finally, from the packet success rate estimate, the qualities of services, such as meter readings and time-of-use pricing data downloading under several metering protocol sequences, are investigated through a mathematical analysis, and numerical results are provided.

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“…In [3] interoperability tests are performed, and results are presented from small-scale PRIME field deployments. AMI systems have also been tested for other purposes, such as IP applications [4]. The main features of smart metering systems are described in [5] along with the most employed technologies and standards.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Design of Experiments in the Methodology for Interoperability Testing: Evaluating AMI Message Exchange

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Interoperability is a challenge for the realisation of smart grids. In this work, we apply the methodology for interoperability testing and the design of experiments developed at the Smart Grids Interoperability Laboratory of the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission on a simple use case. The methodology is based on the Smart Grid Architecture Model (SGAM) of CEN/CENELEC/ETSI and includes the concept of Basic Application Profiles (BAP) and Basic Application Interoperability Profiles (BAIOP). The relevant elements of the methodology are the design of experiments and the sensitivity/uncertainty analysis, which can reveal the limits of a system under test and give valuable feedback about the critical conditions which do not guarantee interoperability. The design and analysis of experiments employed in the Joint Research Centre (JRC) methodology supply information about the crucial parameters that either lead to an acceptable system performance or to a failure of interoperability. The use case on which the methodology is applied describes the interaction between a data concentrator and one or more smart meters. Experimental results are presented that show the applicability of the methodology and the design of experiments in practice. The system is tested under different conditions by varying two parameters: the rate at which meter data are requested by the data concentrator and the number of smart meters connected to the data concentrator. With this use case example the JRC methodology is illustrated at work, and its effectiveness for testing interoperability of a system under stress conditions is highlighted.

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Smart Grid Applications for a Practical Implementation of IP over Narrowband Power Line Communications

Cited by 25 publications

References 40 publications

A Lightweight Scheme to Authenticate and Secure the Communication in Smart Grids

A Lightweight Scheme to Authenticate and Secure the Communication in Smart Grids

Statistical Learning for Service Quality Estimation in Broadband PLC AMI

Design of Experiments in the Methodology for Interoperability Testing: Evaluating AMI Message Exchange

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