TITLE:
Vulnerability Analysis of Wide Area Measurement System in the Smart Grid
AUTHORS:
Mohd Rihan, Mukhtar Ahmad, M. Salim Beg
KEYWORDS:
Wide Area Measurement Security; PMU; Smart Grid; Smart Grid Security
JOURNAL NAME:
Smart Grid and Renewable Energy,
Vol.4 No.6A,
September
3,
2013
ABSTRACT:
The
smart grid will be a power grid more “aware” of its operating state and having the ability to self-heal. These features may be incorporated into the grid by
implementing a phasor measurement units based wide area measurement system.
Such a system will help in better real time monitoring and control of the grid.
However, the wide area measurement system is subject to challenges with respect
to its security. In this paper, a comprehensive analysis of security issues with a wide area measurement system is presented
and the research efforts required to be taken are identified. Moreover, the effect
of communication failure on a PMU installed system has been presented using
integer linear programming.