2016/12/21 by Angjelichinoski, Marko, Danzi, Pietro, Stefanović, Čedomir +1
#FOS: Computer and information sciences #FOS: Electrical engineering #Information Theory (cs.IT) #Systems and Control (eess.SY) #electronic engineering #information engineering
paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1612.07213
We propose a novel framework for secure and reliable authentication of Distributed Energy Resources to the centralized secondary/tertiary control system of a DC MicroGrid (MG), networked using the IEEE 802.11 wireless interface. The key idea is to perform the authentication using power talk, which is a powerline communication technique executed by the primary control loops of the power electronic converters, without the use of a dedicated hardware for its modem. In addition, the scheme also promotes direct and active participation of the control system in the authentication process, a feature not commonly encountered in current networked control systems for MicroGrids. The PLECS-based simulations verifies the viability of our scheme.