An implementation of secured Smart Grid Ethernet communications using AES

Author

Zhang, Peng ; Elkeelany, Omar ; McDaniel, Layton

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Tennessee Technol. Univ., Cookeville, TN, USA

fYear

2010

fDate

18-21 March 2010

Firstpage

394

Lastpage

397

Abstract

Smart Grid (SG) is a brand new architecture for the next generation´s power grid system. Delivering control, monitoring and management data to grid elements securely in the network is a basic requirement for SG. This paper proposes 256-bit Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) as a security solution for SG network terminals. A pair of prototyping nodes is also implemented via Altera´s DE2 boards´ Nios II architecture. The two-node system works properly with AES encryption/decryption functions. It suggests a potential solution for SG security.

Keywords

cryptography; local area networks; power system analysis computing; power system control; power system management; power system measurement; power system security; smart power grids; AES; SG security; advanced encryption standard; decryption; ethernet communications; grid delivery control; grid management; grid monitoring; smart grid; Communication system control; Communication system security; Cryptography; Data security; Ethernet networks; Monitoring; Power grids; Power system management; Power system security; Smart grids;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

IEEE SoutheastCon 2010 (SoutheastCon), Proceedings of the

Conference_Location

Concord, NC

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5854-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SECON.2010.5453844

Filename

5453844