Application of personal computers to real-time security analysis

Author

Hoveida, Bahman ; Radtke, Mark A. ; Hermes, Michael J.

Author_Institution

ECC Inc., Minneapolis, MN, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

7-10 May 1991

Firstpage

230

Lastpage

235

Abstract

An innovative approach used at Wisconsin Public Service (WPS) to implement an online security analysis system using personal computers (PCs) in a distributed local area network (LAN) environment is presented. This implementation is the first known advanced use of PCs in the computationally intensive real-time security analysis applications. Descriptions of the distributed LAN-based architecture, the interfaces to the existing SCADA system, the hardware and software configuration of the security analysis applications, as well as performance benchmarks for various applications are provided. It is shown that with applying the techniques used by WPS, in a distributed architecture, it is possible to solve large power system problems in a timely manner using PCs

Keywords

SCADA systems; local area networks; microcomputer applications; power system analysis computing; real-time systems; LAN; PCs; SCADA system; USA; applications; distributed local area network; hardware; performance; personal computers; power system analysis computing; real-time security analysis; software; Application software; Computer architecture; Computer security; Hardware; Local area networks; Microcomputers; Personal communication networks; Power system security; SCADA systems; Software performance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Industry Computer Application Conference, 1991. Conference Proceedings

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

0-87942-620-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PICA.1991.160635

Filename

160635