An extended framework for reliability analysis of ict for power systems

This paper presents an extended probabilistic framework for reliability analysis of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) for power systems. The framework is based on Probabilistic Relational Models (PRMs) and includes the analysis of both primary equipment and the supporting ICT systems. The framework also separates between the functional structure and the physical infrastructure. To be able to analyze architectural properties, such as redundancy, the framework is extended with logical gates which are based on AND and OR logic. The gates serve and important purpose when integrating the framework into an analysis tool that supports PRMs. The problem without logical gates is the dynamic sizing of the conditional probability tables which depend on the number of parent nodes. This problem is solved by using aggregation functions. The application of the extended framework is demonstrated by applying to an example system-architecture with two types of redundant configurations.