Evaluation of software-defined networking for power systems

Author

Pfeiffenberger, Thomas ; Jia Lei Du

Author_Institution

Adv. Networking Center, Salzburg Res. Jakob, Salzburg, Austria

fYear

2014

fDate

2-6 June 2014

Firstpage

181

Lastpage

185

Abstract

A highly available and secure communication infrastructure is one of the major prerequisites for modern power systems. In this paper we evaluate the use of a software-defined networking infrastructure in the domain of energy communication networks. The advantages and potential risks of using software-defined networking at the current stage of development in productive networks are investigated. Test scenarios are defined based on IEC 61850 traffic specification to perform traffic measurements using the OpenFlow standard and real network devices. Software-defined networks have the potential to offer significant advantages over conventional networks. However, we will show through our analysis and measurements that there are still open issues that need to be solved before usage in a productive environment.

Keywords

computer network security; power engineering computing; substation automation; IEC 61850 traffic specification; energy communication network; power systems; secure communication infrastructure; software defined networking; Communication networks; Conferences; Delays; Power systems; Protocols; Security; Software;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Intelligent Energy and Power Systems (IEPS), 2014 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kyiv

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-2265-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEPS.2014.6874175

Filename

6874175