Prioritizing protection communication in a 5G slice: Evaluating HTB traffic shaping and UL bitrate adaptation for enhanced reliability
Abstract 5G network slicing is promising in prioritizing time‐critical protection communication in wireless networks of smart grids. However, network slicing offered by telecommunication providers encompasses all smart grid applications, lacking granularity. Smart grid automation standards provide r...
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| author | Petra Raussi Heli Kokkoniemi‐Tarkkanen Kimmo Ahola Antti Heikkinen Mikko Uitto |
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| description | Abstract 5G network slicing is promising in prioritizing time‐critical protection communication in wireless networks of smart grids. However, network slicing offered by telecommunication providers encompasses all smart grid applications, lacking granularity. Smart grid automation standards provide recommendations on prioritization of protection communication to improve reliability but only for wired connections. Therefore, this paper investigates hierarchical token bucket (HTB) traffic shaping and uplink (UL) bitrate adaptation of a live video stream for prioritizing protection communication within a 5G slice. An experimental setup combines controller‐hardware‐in‐the‐loop (CHIL) with a quality of service (QoS) measurement system for validation. The system under test consists of commercial 5G networks, intelligent electronic devices (IEDs), and merging units for validation with three smart grid applications: fault location, line differential, and intertrip protection. HTB traffic shaping improves protected faults by 47.57% in congested and 1.16% in non‐congested scenarios. UL bitrate of the video stream adaptation by 2 Mbps increases protected faults by 3.69%. HTB traffic shaping even improves prioritization with a wired connection without introducing additional delays. HTB traffic shaping must be deployed in routers to maintain good QoS for critical applications. Collaboration between utilities and telecommunication providers is essential to effectively deploy 5G network slicing on smart grids. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9c9530e0e5e545f7b91d722db01426f42023-09-26T07:30:30ZengWileyThe Journal of Engineering2051-33052023-09-0120239n/an/a10.1049/tje2.12309Prioritizing protection communication in a 5G slice: Evaluating HTB traffic shaping and UL bitrate adaptation for enhanced reliabilityPetra Raussi0Heli Kokkoniemi‐Tarkkanen1Kimmo Ahola2Antti Heikkinen3Mikko Uitto4VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Espoo FinlandVTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Espoo FinlandVTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Espoo FinlandVTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Espoo FinlandVTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Espoo FinlandAbstract 5G network slicing is promising in prioritizing time‐critical protection communication in wireless networks of smart grids. However, network slicing offered by telecommunication providers encompasses all smart grid applications, lacking granularity. Smart grid automation standards provide recommendations on prioritization of protection communication to improve reliability but only for wired connections. Therefore, this paper investigates hierarchical token bucket (HTB) traffic shaping and uplink (UL) bitrate adaptation of a live video stream for prioritizing protection communication within a 5G slice. An experimental setup combines controller‐hardware‐in‐the‐loop (CHIL) with a quality of service (QoS) measurement system for validation. The system under test consists of commercial 5G networks, intelligent electronic devices (IEDs), and merging units for validation with three smart grid applications: fault location, line differential, and intertrip protection. HTB traffic shaping improves protected faults by 47.57% in congested and 1.16% in non‐congested scenarios. UL bitrate of the video stream adaptation by 2 Mbps increases protected faults by 3.69%. HTB traffic shaping even improves prioritization with a wired connection without introducing additional delays. HTB traffic shaping must be deployed in routers to maintain good QoS for critical applications. Collaboration between utilities and telecommunication providers is essential to effectively deploy 5G network slicing on smart grids.https://doi.org/10.1049/tje2.12309power system faultsrelay protectionsubstation automationtelecommunication network reliability |
| spellingShingle | Petra Raussi Heli Kokkoniemi‐Tarkkanen Kimmo Ahola Antti Heikkinen Mikko Uitto Prioritizing protection communication in a 5G slice: Evaluating HTB traffic shaping and UL bitrate adaptation for enhanced reliability The Journal of Engineering power system faults relay protection substation automation telecommunication network reliability |
| title | Prioritizing protection communication in a 5G slice: Evaluating HTB traffic shaping and UL bitrate adaptation for enhanced reliability |
| title_full | Prioritizing protection communication in a 5G slice: Evaluating HTB traffic shaping and UL bitrate adaptation for enhanced reliability |
| title_fullStr | Prioritizing protection communication in a 5G slice: Evaluating HTB traffic shaping and UL bitrate adaptation for enhanced reliability |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prioritizing protection communication in a 5G slice: Evaluating HTB traffic shaping and UL bitrate adaptation for enhanced reliability |
| title_short | Prioritizing protection communication in a 5G slice: Evaluating HTB traffic shaping and UL bitrate adaptation for enhanced reliability |
| title_sort | prioritizing protection communication in a 5g slice evaluating htb traffic shaping and ul bitrate adaptation for enhanced reliability |
| topic | power system faults relay protection substation automation telecommunication network reliability |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1049/tje2.12309 |
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