A secure and efficient scheme for machine-to-machine communications in smart grid

Author

Yan, Ye ; Qian, Yi ; Hu, Rose Qingyang

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA

fYear

2012

fDate

10-15 June 2012

Firstpage

167

Lastpage

172

Abstract

Smart grid uses machine-to-machine (M2M) communication infrastructures and advanced control techniques for improved power distributions and management. Different types of communication schemes could possibly be used for smart grid applications, but need to be further explored in smart grid application scenarios. In this paper, we present the utilization of a zero correlation zone (ZCZ) CDMA based scheme in M2M communications for the advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) in smart grid. We design the ZCZ code generation and distribution through mutual authentication in the initialization procedure before data transmission. We examine the security and efficiency aspects of the proposed ZCZ CDMA based scheme. The paper concludes with the comparison of the proposed scheme and the legacy approach for the system security and performance in smart grid M2M communications.

Keywords

code division multiple access; data communication; message authentication; metering; power system security; smart power grids; telecommunication security; AMI; M2M communication infrastructures; ZCZ CDMA based scheme; ZCZ code generation; advanced control techniques; advanced metering infrastructure; communication schemes; data transmission; machine-to-machine communications; mutual authentication; power distributions; power management; smart grid M2M communications; system security; zero correlation zone CDMA based scheme; Authentication; Entropy; Home appliances; Multiaccess communication; Servers; Smart grids;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications (ICC), 2012 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Ottawa, ON

ISSN

1550-3607

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-2052-9

Electronic_ISBN

1550-3607

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICC.2012.6364258

Filename

6364258