The Role of Artificial Intelligence and Fifth-Generation (5G) Technology in Mitigating Cyber Physical Attacks on Power Systems

Abstract

The present-day electric power system is an evolving cyber-physical system. Researchers and industry players in the energy world continue to deploy new technologies towards making the electric power system a smarter grid. This involves the integration of information, communication, and control technologies into the existing power grid in order to improve its stability, security, and operational efficiency. Reliance of the modern power system's applications such as state estimation, sequential control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems, phasor measurement units (PMUs), etc. on open communication technologies including the internet has exposed the smart grid to various vulnerabilities, threats, and cyber-physical attacks. This chapter seeks to exploit the robust synergy which exists between artificial intelligence (AI) and fifth-generation (5G) technology to mitigate these challenges. A comprehensive review of techniques which have hitherto proven efficient and/or effective in mitigating identified challenges was carried out with a view to availing researchers of future directions.