Title :
Application of personal computers to real-time security analysis
Author :
Hoveida, Bahman ; Radtke, Mark A. ; Hermes, Michael J.
Author_Institution :
ECC Inc., Minneapolis, MN, USA
Abstract :
An innovative approach used at Wisconsin Public Service (WPS) to implement an online security analysis system using personal computers (PCs) in a distributed local area network (LAN) environment is presented. This implementation is the first known advanced use of PCs in the computationally intensive real-time security analysis applications. Descriptions of the distributed LAN-based architecture, the interfaces to the existing SCADA system, the hardware and software configuration of the security analysis applications, as well as performance benchmarks for various applications are provided. It is shown that with applying the techniques used by WPS, in a distributed architecture, it is possible to solve large power system problems in a timely manner using PCs
Keywords :
SCADA systems; local area networks; microcomputer applications; power system analysis computing; real-time systems; LAN; PCs; SCADA system; USA; applications; distributed local area network; hardware; performance; personal computers; power system analysis computing; real-time security analysis; software; Application software; Computer architecture; Computer security; Hardware; Local area networks; Microcomputers; Personal communication networks; Power system security; SCADA systems; Software performance;
Conference_Titel :
Power Industry Computer Application Conference, 1991. Conference Proceedings
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
0-87942-620-9
DOI :
10.1109/PICA.1991.160635
