Emerging communication technologies and security challenges in a smart grid wireless ecosystem

International Journal of Wireless and Mobile Computing

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 231-245

  Pitas, Charalampos N ^a   Tsirakis, Christos E ^a   Zotou, Effrosyni T ^a   Panagopoulos, Athanasios D ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Internet of Things; Machine to machine communications; Privacy; Security; Simulation; Smart grid; Wireless communications

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; DATA PRIVACY; ECOSYSTEMS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; INTERNET OF THINGS; MULTIMEDIA SERVICES; NETWORK SECURITY; QUALITY OF SERVICE; SMART POWER GRIDS;

COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT); MACHINE-TO-MACHINE (M2M); SECURITY; SIMULATION; SMART GRID; SMART GRID COMMUNICATIONS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

MACHINE-TO-MACHINE COMMUNICATION;

EID: 84901939677     PISSN: 17411084     EISSN: 17411092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJWMC.2014.062009     Document Type: Article

References (38)

1. 3GPP TR 23.830 (2009) Architecture Aspects of Home Node B (HNB)/Home enhanced Node B (HeNB) (v9.0.0), 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), Sophia-Antipolis, France.
2. Agrawal, S. and Das, M. (2011) 'Internet of Things: a paradigm shift of future internet applications', Proceedings of the 2011 Nirma University International Conference on Engineering (NUiCONE), 8-10 December, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, pp.1-7.
3. Bou-Harb, E., Fachkha, C., Pourzandi, M., Debbabi, M. and Assi, C. (2013) 'Communication security for smart grid distribution networks', IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 51, No. 1, pp.42-49.
4. Chang, K-H. (2013) 'Interoperable NAN standards: a path to costeffective smart grid solutions', IEEE Wireless Communications, Vol. 20, No. 3, pp.4-5.
5. Chen, D., Chang, G., Sun, D., Jia, J. and Wang, X. (2012a) 'Lightweight key management scheme to enhance the security of Internet of Things', Wireless and Mobile Computing, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp.191-198.
6. Chen, M., Wan, J., and Li, F. (2012b) 'Machine-to-machine communications: architectures, standards and applications', KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp.480-497.
7. Coetzee, L. and Eksteen, J. (2011) 'The internet of things: promise for the future? An introduction', Proceedings of the ISTAfrica Conference, 11-13 May, Gaborone, Botswana, pp.1-9.
8. ETSI TR 102 935 (2012) Machine-to-Machine Communications (M2M): Applicability of M2M Architecture to Smart Grid Networks: Impact of Smart Grids on M2M platform (v2.1.1), European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), Sophia-Antipolis, France.
9. ETSI TS 102 921 (2011) Machine-to-Machine Communications (M2M): Functional Architecture (v1.1.1), European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), Sophia-Antipolis, France.
10. Fang, X., Misra, S., Xue, G. and Yang, D. (2012) 'Smart grid: the new and improved power grid: a survey'. IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp.944-980.
11. Fu, H-L., Chen, H-C., Lin, P. and Fang, Y. (2012) 'Energyefficient reporting mechanisms for multi-type real-time monitoring in machine-to-machine communications networks', Proceedings of the IEEE INFOCOM, 25-30 March, Orlando, FL, pp.136-144.
12. Gao, J., Xiao, Y., Liu, J., Wei and Chen, C.P. (2012) 'A survey of communication/networking in smart grids', Future Generation Computer Systems, Vol. 28, No. 2, pp.391-404.
13. Guo, W., Zhang, P. and Zhou, Y. (2012) 'Multi-sensor integrated industrial measurement system based on WSNs', Wireless and Mobile Computing, Vol. 5, No. 4, pp.380-385.
14. Hahn, A. and Govindarasu, M. (2011) 'Cyber attack exposure evaluation framework for the smart grid', IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp.835-843.
15. Holma, H. and Toskala, A. (2011) LTE for UMTS: Evolution to LTE-Advanced, 2nd ed., John Wiley & Sons, West Sussex, UK.
16. IEEE Std 802.11 (2012) Wireless LAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications, IEEE Computer Society, New York.
17. IEEE Std 802.15.4g (2012) Low-Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks (LR-WPANs) Amendment 3: Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications for Low-Data-Rate, Wireless, Smart Metering Utility Networks, IEEE Computer Society, New York.
18. IEEE Std 802.16 (2012) Air Interface for Broadband Wireless Access Systems, IEEE Computer Society, New York.
19. IEEE Std 802.22 (2011) Part 22: Cognitive Wireless RAN Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY) Specifications: Policies and Procedures for Operation in the TV Bands, IEEE Computer Society, New York.
20. ITU Internet Reports 2005 (2005) Internet of Things, Int'l Telecom Union (ITU), Geneva, Switzerland.
21. Kalogridis, G., Cepeda, R., Denic, S., Lewis, T. and Efthymiou, C. (2011) 'ElecPrivacy: evaluating the privacy protection of electricity management algorithms', IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp.750-758.
22. Ke, P., Li, Y. and Ni, F. (2013) 'An evolvable cellular automata based data encryption algorithm', Wireless and Mobile Computing, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp.66-71.
23. Khan, R., Khan, S., Zaheer, R. and Khan, S. (2012) Future internet: the Internet of Things architecture, possible applications and key challenges', Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Frontiers of Information Technology (FIT), 17-19 December, Islamabad, pp.257-260.
24. Lee, G. and Su, D. (2013) 'Standardization of smart grid in ITU-T', IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 51, No. 1, pp.90-97.
25. Li, X., Liang, X., Lu, R., Shen, X., Lin, X. and Zhu, H. (2012) 'Securing smart grid: cyber attacks, countermeasures, and challenges', IEEE Communications Magazine, Vol. 50, No. 8, pp.38-45.
26. Liu, J., Xiao, Y., Li, S., Liang, W. and Chen, C.L.P. (2012) 'Cyber security and privacy issues in smart grids', IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, Vol. 14, No. 4, pp.981-997.
27. Mohsenian-Rad, A-H. and Leon-Garcia, A. (2011) 'Distributed internet-based load altering attacks against smart power grids', IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp.667-674.
28. NIST 1108R2 (2012) NIST Framework and Roadmap for Smart Grid Interoperability Standards, Release 2.0, National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce, Gaithersburg, MD, USA.
29. NISTIR 7628 (2010) Guidelines for Smart Grid Cyber Security, Vols. I, II, III, National Institute of Standards and Technology, U.S. Department of Commerce, Gaithersburg, MD, USA.
30. Queiroz, C., Mahmood, A. and Tari, Z. (2011) 'SCADASim: a framework for building SCADA simulations', IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp.589-597.
31. Shu-wen, W. (2011) 'Research on the key technologies of IOT applied on smart grid', Proceedings of the International Conference on Electronics, Communications and Control (ICECC), 9-11 September, Ningbo, China, pp.2809-2812.
32. Ten, C-W., Manimaran, G. and Liu, C-C. (2010) 'Cybersecurity for critical infrastructures: attack and defense modeling', IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part A: Systems and Humans, Vol. 40, No. 4, pp.853-865.
33. Varga, A. and Hornig, R. (2008) 'An overview of the OMNeT++ simulation environment', Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques for Communications, Networks and Systems (SimuTools '08), 3-7 March, Marseille, France, pp.1-10.
34. Vijayalakshmy, G. and Sivaradje, G. (2013) 'Convergence architectures to achieve QoS for WiMAX and WiFi with high mobility support', Wireless and Mobile Computing, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp.182-192.
35. Wei, D., Lu, Y., Jafari, M., Skare, P. and Rohde, K. (2011) 'Protecting smart grid automation systems against cyber attacks', IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, Vol. 2, No. 4, pp.782-795.
36. Yun, M. and Yuxin, B. (2010) 'Research on the architecture and key technology of Internet of Things (IOT) applied on smart grid', Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Energy Engineering (ICAEE), 19-20 June, Beijing, pp.69-72.
37. Zhang, Y., Yu, R., Nekovee, M., Liu, Y., Xie, S. and Gjessing, S. (2012) 'Cognitive machine-to-machine communications: visions and potentials for the smart grid', IEEE Network, Vol. 26, No. 3, pp.6-13.
38. Zhu, Z., Lambotharan, S., Chin, W.H. and Fan, Z. (2012) 'Overview of demand management in smart grid and enabling wireless communication technologies', IEEE Wireless Communications, Vol. 19, No. 3, pp.48-56.