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A Distributed Middleware Architecture for Attack-Resilient Communications in Smart Grids: Preprint

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Distributed energy resources (DERs) are being increasingly accepted as an excellent complement to traditional energy sources in smart grids. Because most of these generators are geographically dispersed, dedicated communications investments for every generator are capital-cost prohibitive. Real-time distributed communications middleware - which supervises, organizes, and schedules tremendous amounts of data traffic in smart grids with high penetrations of DERs - allows for the use of existing network infrastructure. In this paper, we propose a distributed attack-resilient middleware architecture that detects and mitigates the congestion attacks by exploiting the quality of experience measures to complement the conventional quality of service information to effectively detect and mitigate congestion attacks. The simulation results illustrate the efficiency of our proposed communications middleware architecture.
Research Organization:
NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States))
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Solar Energy Technologies Office (EE-4S)
DOE Contract Number:
AC36-08GO28308
OSTI ID:
1360664
Report Number(s):
NREL/CP-5D00-68118
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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