Bandwidth and security requirements for smart grid

Ghanem, Kinan, Asif, Rameez, Ugwuanyi, Stephen and Irvine, James (2020) Bandwidth and security requirements for smart grid. In: Proceedings of 2020 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Europe, ISGT-Europe 2020. IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe . The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), pp. 36-40. ISBN 978-1-7281-7100-5

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Abstract

With the evolution of smart grid and applications, power distribution networks need scalable, flexible, distributed and secure end-to-end communication. This work aims to highlight the necessary bandwidth that is needed to effectively monitor and communicate with all the secondary substations of Distribution Network Operators (DNOs). In order to determine the bandwidth requirements, the current and future applications in each secondary substation should be known. Two levels of security are employed - IPsec and TLS - to give flexibility and resilience. Different test scenarios and several setups were employed on a fully secured IP based Remote Terminal Unit (RTU) through an IEC 62870-05-104 protocol, aiming to understand the bandwidth cost of different security techniques. The analysis depicts an average of 2-3 fold increase in bandwidth if both IPsec and TLS are used be to secure the connected asset.

Item Type:	Book Section
Additional Information:	Funding Information: This project was funded under the core research programme of the University of Strathclyde’s PNDC (https://pndc.co.uk). Publisher Copyright: © 2020 IEEE.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	bandwidth,encryption,ip security,networks,power utility,smart grid,spectrum,tls and distribution network operators,information systems,computer networks and communications,sdg 7 - affordable and clean energy ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1700/1710
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Computing Sciences
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Smart Emerging Technologies Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Cyber Security Privacy and Trust Laboratory
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Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	26 Jan 2022 11:30
Last Modified:	14 Mar 2023 08:37
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/83155
DOI:	10.1109/ISGT-Europe47291.2020.9248932

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