Analysis of the efficacy of a WiFi architecture for the management of Medium Voltage distribution systems

Author

Campoccia, Fabio ; Silvestre, Maria Luisa Di ; Sanseverino, Eleonora Riva ; Zizzo, Gaetano

Author_Institution

DIEET, Univ. of Palermo, Palermo, Italy

fYear

2010

fDate

Aug. 31 2010-Sept. 3 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

The paper illustrates the interventions for improving security of a WiFi communication system applied in the automatic management of a Medium Voltage network. The management system fails if the data measured at the secondary substations can´t flow regularly. In this paper the security of the transmission as function of the action range of the radio channel, on the data sending time of the IEEE 802.11 protocol, and of the out of use of a WiFi node. Then, a modified IEEE 802.11 protocol is described, for making secure the transmission in presence of a high number of WiFI nodes. Finally, a probabilistic analysis in presented for analyzing the problem from an economical point of view.

Keywords

distribution networks; power system management; protocols; substations; telecommunication security; wireless LAN; wireless channels; IEEE 802.11 protocol; WiFi architecture; WiFi communication system security; WiFi nodes; automatic management; medium voltage distribution system management; probabilistic analysis; radio channel; secondary substation; transmission security; Data communication; IEEE 802.11 Standards; Probabilistic logic; Protocols; Security; Substations; IEEE 802.11 protocol; Security; WiFi;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Universities Power Engineering Conference (UPEC), 2010 45th International

Conference_Location

Cardiff, Wales

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7667-1

Type

conf

Filename

5649268