Secure and Time-Aware Communication of Wireless Sensors Monitoring Overhead Transmission Lines
Existing transmission power grids suffer from high maintenance costs and scalability issues along with a lack of effective and secure system monitoring. To address these problems, we propose to use Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) as a technology to achieve energy efficient, reliable, and low-cost re...
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| author | Katarzyna Mazur Michal Wydra Bogdan Ksiezopolski |
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| description | Existing transmission power grids suffer from high maintenance costs and scalability issues along with a lack of effective and secure system monitoring. To address these problems, we propose to use Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) as a technology to achieve energy efficient, reliable, and low-cost remote monitoring of transmission grids. With WSNs, smart grid enables both utilities and customers to monitor, predict and manage energy usage effectively and react to possible power grid disturbances in a timely manner. However, the increased application of WSNs also introduces new security challenges, especially related to privacy, connectivity, and security management, repeatedly causing unpredicted expenditures. Monitoring the status of the power system, a large amount of sensors generates massive amount of sensitive data. In order to build an effective Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) for a smart grid, we focus on designing a methodology of efficient and secure delivery of the data measured on transmission lines. We perform a set of simulations, in which we examine different routing algorithms, security mechanisms and WSN deployments in order to select the parameters that will not affect the delivery time but fulfill their role and ensure security at the same time. Furthermore, we analyze the optimal placement of direct wireless links, aiming at minimizing time delays, balancing network performance and decreasing deployment costs. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6ef4955ed0724e8ba99fb3dd42c269bd2022-12-22T02:57:34ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202017-07-01177161010.3390/s17071610s17071610Secure and Time-Aware Communication of Wireless Sensors Monitoring Overhead Transmission LinesKatarzyna Mazur0Michal Wydra1Bogdan Ksiezopolski2Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin 20-031, PolandFaculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Lublin University of Technology, Lublin 20-618, PolandFaculty of Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin 20-031, PolandExisting transmission power grids suffer from high maintenance costs and scalability issues along with a lack of effective and secure system monitoring. To address these problems, we propose to use Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) as a technology to achieve energy efficient, reliable, and low-cost remote monitoring of transmission grids. With WSNs, smart grid enables both utilities and customers to monitor, predict and manage energy usage effectively and react to possible power grid disturbances in a timely manner. However, the increased application of WSNs also introduces new security challenges, especially related to privacy, connectivity, and security management, repeatedly causing unpredicted expenditures. Monitoring the status of the power system, a large amount of sensors generates massive amount of sensitive data. In order to build an effective Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) for a smart grid, we focus on designing a methodology of efficient and secure delivery of the data measured on transmission lines. We perform a set of simulations, in which we examine different routing algorithms, security mechanisms and WSN deployments in order to select the parameters that will not affect the delivery time but fulfill their role and ensure security at the same time. Furthermore, we analyze the optimal placement of direct wireless links, aiming at minimizing time delays, balancing network performance and decreasing deployment costs.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/17/7/1610wireless sensor networkssmart gridoverhead transmission linessecurityreliability |
| spellingShingle | Katarzyna Mazur Michal Wydra Bogdan Ksiezopolski Secure and Time-Aware Communication of Wireless Sensors Monitoring Overhead Transmission Lines Sensors wireless sensor networks smart grid overhead transmission lines security reliability |
| title | Secure and Time-Aware Communication of Wireless Sensors Monitoring Overhead Transmission Lines |
| title_full | Secure and Time-Aware Communication of Wireless Sensors Monitoring Overhead Transmission Lines |
| title_fullStr | Secure and Time-Aware Communication of Wireless Sensors Monitoring Overhead Transmission Lines |
| title_full_unstemmed | Secure and Time-Aware Communication of Wireless Sensors Monitoring Overhead Transmission Lines |
| title_short | Secure and Time-Aware Communication of Wireless Sensors Monitoring Overhead Transmission Lines |
| title_sort | secure and time aware communication of wireless sensors monitoring overhead transmission lines |
| topic | wireless sensor networks smart grid overhead transmission lines security reliability |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/17/7/1610 |
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