• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.101-110
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• 2011

스마트 그리드 네트워크(Smart Grid Networks)는 기존의 전력망에 정보기술(IT)을 접목하여 전력 공급자와 소비자가 양방향으로 정보를 교환함으로써 에너지 효율을 최적화하는 차세대 지능형 전력망이다. 고압 전력망과 IT 영역에서 응용되고 있는 스마트 그리드 네트워크(Smart Grid Networks)는 정보의 도청이나, 비정상적 패킷의 유통, 메시지의 재사용등 데이터의 위 변조와같은외부의공격에쉽게노출되는환경에서동작함으로보안은필수적으로갖추어져야 하는 중요한 기능이다. 저전력, 초소형 저비용 장점을 갖는 Zigbee는 스마트 그리드 네트워크를 구현하는 최적의 기술로 주목 받고 있다. 그러나 Zigbee 보안 시스템에는 심각한 문제점들을 가지고 있다. 본 논문에서는 스마트 그리드의 Zigbee 보안 시스템이 가지고 있는 문제점들을 자세히 분석하고, 이를 해결하여 스마트 그리드에 적합한 보안 프로토콜을 새롭게 제안하고 그 효율성을 비교 분석한다.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국해양정보통신학회 2011년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.563-566
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• 2011

스마트그리드는 전력 에너지망에 구축되는 추가적인 네트워크 개념으로 볼 수 있으며 전력과 IT가 결합된 형태이므로 통신망 관점에서 요구사항을 명확히 도출하고 이를 통신망에 구현하기 위한 구조가 구체적으로 정의되어야 한다. 본 논문에서는 ITU-T를 중심으로 스마트그리드에 대한 기술을 소개하고 통신망 관점의 표준 요구사항에 대해서도같이 논하기로 한다.

• 디지털산업정보학회논문지
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.107-117
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• 2013

In this paper, we designed the security management system based on IEC 62351-7 in the Smart Grid environment. The scope of IEC 62351-7 focuses on network and system management (NSM) of the information infrastructure as well as end-to-end security through abstract NSM data objects for the power system operational environment. However, it does not exist that security management system based on IEC 62351-7 manages the security of the power system in the Smart Grid environment, because power equipment or SNMP agents providing NSM data do not exist yet. Therefore, we implemented the security management system to manage the information infrastructure as reliably as the power system infrastructure is managed. We expect that this system can perform the security management of IEC 61850 based digital substation and can be a prototype of the security system for the Smart Grid in the future.

• 디지털산업정보학회논문지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.33-39
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• 2020

A smart grid is a next-generation power grid that can improve energy efficiency by applying information and communication technology to the general power grid. The smart grid makes it possible to exchange information about electricity production and consumption between electricity providers and consumers in real-time. Advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) is the core technology of the smart grid. The AMI provides two-way communication by installing a modem in an existing digital meter and typically include smart meters, data collection units, and meter data management systems. Because the AMI requires data collection units to control multiple smart meters, it is essential to ensure network availability under heavy network loads. If the load on the work done by the data collection unit is high, it is necessary to allocation new data collection units to ensure availability and improve energy efficiency. In this paper, we discuss the allocation scheme of data collection units for the energy efficiency of the AMI.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.164-172
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• 2023

Sharing power data between electrical power grids is crucial in energy management. The multi-agent approach has been applied in various applications to improve the development of complex systems by making them both independent and collaborative. The smart grid is one of the most intricate systems that requires a higher level of independence, reliability, protection, and adaptability to user requests. In this paper, a multi-agent system is utilized to share knowledge and tackle challenges in smart grids. The shared information is used to make decisions that aid in power distribution management within the grid and with other networks. The proposed multi-agent mechanism improves the reliability of the power system by providing the necessary information at critical times. The results indicate that the multi-agent system operates efficiently and promptly, making it a highly promising candidate for smart grid management.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.443-450
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• 2012

As power grids are integrated into one big umbrella (i.e., Smart Grid), communication network plays a key role in reliable and stable operation of power grids. For successful operation of smart grid, interoperability and security issues must be resolved. Security means providing network system integrity, authentication, and confidentiality service. For a cyber-attack to a power grid system, which may jeopardize the national security, vulnerability of communication infrastructure has a serious impact on the power grid network. While security aspects of power grid network have been studied much, security mechanisms are rarely adopted in power gird communication network. For security issues, strict timing requirements are defined in IEC 61850 for mission critical messages (i.e., GOOSE). In this paper, we apply security algorithms (i.e., MD-5, SHA-1, and RSA) and measure their processing time and transmission delay of secured mission critical messages. The results show the algorithms satisfying the timing requirements defined in IEC 61850 and we observer the algorithm that is optimal for secure communication of mission critical messages. Numerical analysis shows that SHA-1 is preferable for secure GOOSE message sending.

• Journal of Communications and Networks
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.619-628
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• 2012

The ZigBee network has been considered to monitor electricity usage of home appliances in the smart grid network. ZigBee, however, may suffer from a coexistence problem with wireless local area network (WLAN). In this paper, to resolve the coexistence problem between ZigBee network and WLAN, we propose a new protocol constructing a cognitive smart grid network for supporting monitoring of home appliances. In the proposed protocol, home appliances first estimates the transmission timing and channel information of WLAN by reading request to send/clear to send (RTS/CTS) frames of WLAN. Next, based on the estimated information, home appliances transmit a data at the same time as WLAN transmission. To manage the interference between WLAN and smart grid network, we propose a cognitive beamforming algorithm. The beamforming algorithm is designed to guaranteeing zero interference to WLAN while satisfying a required rate for smart metering. We also propose an energy efficient rate adaptation algorithm. By slowing down the transmission rate while satisfying an imperceptible impact of quality of service (QoS) of the receiver, the home appliance can significantly save transmit power. Numerical results show that the proposed multiple antenna technique provides reliable communications for smart metering with reduced power comparing to the simple transmission technique.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.89-100
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• 2021

Smart Grid Network (SGN) is a next generation electrical power network which digitizes the power distribution grid and achieves smart, efficient, safe and secure operations of the electricity. The backbone of the SGN is information communication technology that enables the SGN to get full control of network station monitoring and analysis. In any network where communication is involved security is essential. It has been observed from several recent incidents that an adversary causes an interruption to the operation of the networks which lead to the electricity theft. In order to reduce the number of electricity theft cases, companies need to develop preventive and protective methods to minimize the losses from this issue. In this paper, we have introduced a machine learning based SVM method that detects malicious nodes in a smart grid network. The algorithm collects data (electricity consumption/electric bill) from the nodes and compares it with previously obtained data. Support Vector Machine (SVM) classifies nodes into Normal or malicious nodes giving the statues of 1 for normal nodes and status of -1 for malicious -abnormal-nodes. Once the malicious nodes have been detected, we have done a trust evaluation based on the nodes history and recorded data. In the simulation, we have observed that our detection rate is almost 98% where the false alarm rate is only 2%. Moreover, a Trust value of 50 was achieved. As a future work, countermeasures based on the trust value will be developed to solve the problem remotely.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.553-558
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• 2011

스마트 그리드는 기존의 전력망에 디지털 정보망을 결합한 지능형 전력망으로 전력공급자와 사용자간에 양방향 통신을 통해서 전력을 공급 및 제어함으로써 전기 에너지 이용 효율을 극대화한다. 본 연구에서는 스마트 그리드를 지원하기 위해 스마트 수용가를 위한 컴퓨터 기반의 병렬 통신을 이용한 3상 전력 데이터 수집 솔루션을 설계하고 그 시작품을 제작하는 것을 연구목표로 한다.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제61권8호
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• pp.1186-1192
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• 2012

In Jeju Smart Grid field test, Zigbee technology is being used as one of customer side solutions for AMI. Although Zigbee networks that provides effective connectivity and control among devices are advantages in ease of implementation and use, the data can be exposed to cyber attacks such as eavesdrop, unauthorized data dissemination and forgery. Currently authentication and confidentiality services are provided with the network and link keys generated based on public key pairs that are pre-installed in offline. However, the network is vulnerable once a hacker intrudes into a local network because operation and management policies for the generated keys are not well-established yet. In this paper, the vulnerability of the Zigbee security system in the customer side environment of Jeju Smart Grid field test is analyzed. Then, two-way authentication with the unique identifiers of devices and user-specific group management policies are proposed to resolve the vulnerability.