A security protocol for advanced metering infrastructure in smart grid

Author

Feng Ye ; Yi Qian ; Hu, Rose Qingyang

Author_Institution

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

fYear

2014

fDate

8-12 Dec. 2014

Firstpage

649

Lastpage

654

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a security protocol for advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) in smart grid. AMI is one of the important components in smart grid and it suffers from various vulnerabilities due to its uniqueness compared with wired networks and traditional wireless mesh networks. Our proposed security protocol for AMI includes initial authentication, secure uplink data aggregation/recovery, and secure downlink data transmission. Compared with existing researches in such area, our proposed security protocol let the customers be treated fairly, the privacy of customers be protected, and the control messages from the service provider be delivered safely and timely.

Keywords

cryptographic protocols; data communication; electronic messaging; smart meters; smart power grids; telecommunication power management; wireless mesh networks; AMI; advanced metering infrastructure; customer privacy; message control; secure downlink data transmission; secure uplink data aggregation; secure uplink data recovery; security protocol; smart grid; wired network; wireless mesh network; Authentication; Cryptography; Downlink; Protocols; Smart meters; Uplink;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), 2014 IEEE

Conference_Location

Austin, TX

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.2014.7036881

Filename

7036881