A survey on smart grid metering infrastructures: Threats and solutions

Mahmud, Rasel; Vallakati, Ranganath; Mukherjee, Anupam; Ranganathan, Prakash; Nejadpak, Arash

doi:10.1109/eit.2015.7293374

Cited by 31 publications

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“…Smart grid infrastructure is an electrical grid that consists several components, such as smart appliances, renewable energy resources, and energy efficiency resources. Smart meters that are distributed over the network are used to receive and transmit measurements of the energy consumption [58]. All the information collected by smart meter is supervised in supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems that maintain and stabilise the power grid.…”

Section: Smart Gridmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mobile Edge Computing: A Survey

Abbas

Zhang

Taherkordi

et al. 2018

IEEE Internet Things J.

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Mobile edge computing (MEC) is an emergent architecture where cloud computing services are extended to the edge of networks into the mobile base stations. As a promising edge technology, it can be applied to mobile, wireless and wireline scenarios, using software and hardware platforms, located at the network edge in the vicinity of end users. MEC provides seamless integration of multiple application service providers and vendors towards mobile subscribers, enterprises and other vertical segments. It is an important component in the proposed 5G architecture that supports variety of innovative applications and services where ultra low latency is required. However, there are some challenges exists in the MEC eco system. To address these challenges, first off need to understand the network infrastructure of MEC, cloud and cellular network.Some questions and problems are addressed in this thesis that outlines the importance and challenges of MEC deployment. Impact of MEC integration with the traditional mobile and cloud network appears in this paper. A survey has been presented that contributes in general understanding of mobile edge computing (MEC). Readers will have an overview of MEC, such as definition, advantages, architectures and applications. Moreover, related research and future directions are pointed out in this thesis. Finally, security and privacy issues and their possible solutions are also discussed.iii This thesis is dedicated to my late Parents who were my first teachers. Without their support, guidance, and infinite wisdom, I would not have made it this far. My fervor towards professionalism is all colored by them.Also I would like to dedicate with my heart-felt and deepest gratitude to my siblings, I am blessed beyond belief. Their love and support means more to me than they will ever know.iv First and foremost, I thank Allah the Almighty for giving me health, strength and courage to complete my master thesis and eventually my Master in Network and System Administration at UiO.

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Section: Smart Gridmentioning

confidence: 99%

Mobile Edge Computing: A Survey

Abbas

Zhang

Taherkordi

et al. 2018

IEEE Internet Things J.

2,026

743

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“…As stated earlier, most of the consumer's behavioral data on the digital hub comes from the AMI in the smart meter. [22] had stated that since the nature of the smart meter is similar to a Personal Computer (PC), it will also characteristically inherit the same vulnerabilities of the latter. For example, an attacker planning to penetrate the AMI environment can physically connect a device directly to the smart meter if it is not physically well-protected.…”

Section: Security and Privacy Issuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Digital Energy Hub for Optimizing Energy Usage: A Review

Kasim¹,

Ibrahim²,

Ariff³

2018

IJET

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Energy usage as it relates to its security and management is an important aspect that all organizations having a vested stake in power production should be concerned with in these coming years. In this respect, harnessing the knowledge so that it may benefit various sectors, from the power producer right down to the customers, can be achieved by way of the digital energy hub, as proposed in this paper. We first put into context the workings and functions of such a digital platform, and then proceed to outline how it could benefit the many parties involved. Lastly, we take into account the challenges that needs to be addressed for its successful implementation, in which information security and privacy is a top priority amongst other issues.

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“…However, there are still many vulnerabilities such as unpatched operating systems, unencrypted data, network design vulnerabilities, lack of proper firewalls used for respective network protocols, and network configuration vulnerabilities, which lead to physical system attacks and communication system attacks [9]- [14]. The recent attack on pacific gas and electric (PG&E) substation in California in April 2013 raised questions on the vulnerabilities in the existing physical systems [15].…”

Section: Vulnerabilities In Existing Scada Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Study done by Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) shows that the attack on 9 substations out of 55,000 transmission substations will take down the transmission grid of the entire U.S. [16]. The attacks on communication system include extracting information from power line carrier communication (PLCC) by tapping high frequency waves with a portable current transformer, and attackers use in-band jamming and out-of-band jamming technologies to corrupt the information in optical fiber cables [14]. The present communication infrastructure used for phasor measurement units (PMU) communication is not authenticated which leads to compromise the data integrity [17].…”

Section: Vulnerabilities In Existing Scada Systemmentioning

confidence: 99%

SCADA Framework Incorporating MANET and IDP for Cyber Security of Residential Microgrid Communication Network

Chalamasetty¹,

Mandal²,

Tseng³

2016

SGRE

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This paper presents a reliable and secure supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system equipped with advanced communication technologies (ACT) to enhance the operation and cyber security of the communication network in residential microgrid. The proposed approach uses the mobile ad hoc networks (MANET) for collecting data of power consumption from smart meters of residential areas and electric vehicles (EVs), and also for connecting mobile system operators to the network. Moreover, by understanding the dynamic nature of MANET and their exposure to cyber-attacks, we propose an intrusion detection and prevention (IDP) technology with secure knowledge algorithm and anomaly detection for preventing the black hole attacks, and other unknown attacks that result into packet dropping. Test results obtained by using Network Simulator (NS-2) demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed IDP technology in preventing the cyber-attacks in the proposed residential microgrid communication network.

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A survey on smart grid metering infrastructures: Threats and solutions

Cited by 31 publications

References 34 publications

Mobile Edge Computing: A Survey

Mobile Edge Computing: A Survey

Digital Energy Hub for Optimizing Energy Usage: A Review

SCADA Framework Incorporating MANET and IDP for Cyber Security of Residential Microgrid Communication Network

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