Abstract
Many smart grid communications are delay sensitive and have very strict timing requirements for message deliveries. For example, trip protection messages must be delivered to the destination within 3 ms according to IEC 61850. Such time-critical communications are vulnerable to flooding attacks which attempt to increase message delivery delay through congesting the network channel and exhausting the computation resources of the communicating nodes. However, there is a lack of understanding on how much flooding attacks affect message delivery delays. In this paper, we conduct experimental studies to investigate how flooding attacks affect message delivery delays for time-critical communications in smart grid. Our experiments are based on both wireless networks in a lab and wired networks in a real, industry-standard electric power facility. Experimental results show that even low-rate flooding attacks can significantly increase the message delivery delays, especially when wireless networks are used.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Title of host publication | 2015 IEEE Power and Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, ISGT 2015 |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781479917853 |
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| State | Published - Jun 23 2015 |
| Event | 2015 IEEE Power and Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, ISGT 2015 - Washington, United States Duration: Feb 18 2015 → Feb 20 2015 |
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| Name | 2015 IEEE Power and Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, ISGT 2015 |
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| Other | 2015 IEEE Power and Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, ISGT 2015 |
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| Country | United States |
| City | Washington |
| Period | 2/18/15 → 2/20/15 |
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All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Computer Networks and Communications
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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The effects of flooding attacks on time-critical communications in the smart grid. / Li, Qinghua; Ross, Chase; Yang, Jing; Di, Jia; Balda, Juan Carlos; Mantooth, H. Alan.
2015 IEEE Power and Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, ISGT 2015. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015. 7131802 (2015 IEEE Power and Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, ISGT 2015).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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PY - 2015/6/23
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N2 - Many smart grid communications are delay sensitive and have very strict timing requirements for message deliveries. For example, trip protection messages must be delivered to the destination within 3 ms according to IEC 61850. Such time-critical communications are vulnerable to flooding attacks which attempt to increase message delivery delay through congesting the network channel and exhausting the computation resources of the communicating nodes. However, there is a lack of understanding on how much flooding attacks affect message delivery delays. In this paper, we conduct experimental studies to investigate how flooding attacks affect message delivery delays for time-critical communications in smart grid. Our experiments are based on both wireless networks in a lab and wired networks in a real, industry-standard electric power facility. Experimental results show that even low-rate flooding attacks can significantly increase the message delivery delays, especially when wireless networks are used.
AB - Many smart grid communications are delay sensitive and have very strict timing requirements for message deliveries. For example, trip protection messages must be delivered to the destination within 3 ms according to IEC 61850. Such time-critical communications are vulnerable to flooding attacks which attempt to increase message delivery delay through congesting the network channel and exhausting the computation resources of the communicating nodes. However, there is a lack of understanding on how much flooding attacks affect message delivery delays. In this paper, we conduct experimental studies to investigate how flooding attacks affect message delivery delays for time-critical communications in smart grid. Our experiments are based on both wireless networks in a lab and wired networks in a real, industry-standard electric power facility. Experimental results show that even low-rate flooding attacks can significantly increase the message delivery delays, especially when wireless networks are used.
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