Analysis of IEC 61850 for a reliable communication system between substations

Author

Xin Yang ; Das, Niladri ; Islam, Shariful

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Curtin Univ., Perth, WA, Australia

fYear

2013

fDate

Sept. 29 2013-Oct. 3 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

IEC 61850 Standard was introduced to address the challenge presented by existence of the multiple protocols in substation communications, which include many proprietary protocols; and to address the challenge introduced by legacy complicated substation from both cost and complicity. In this paper, the simulation results of different types of IEC 61850 network system configurations using OPNET Modeler simulation software were presented and the influence on data rate and delay characteristics of these system configurations were evaluated. The simulated results confirm that the ring configured system suitable for higher loading characteristics and higher system reliability.

Keywords

IEC standards; data communication; protocols; substations; telecommunication network reliability; IEC 61850 network system; IEC 61850 standard; OPNET Modeler simulation software; data rate; delay characteristics; lEC 61850 analysis; loading characteristics; protocols; reliable communication system; substation communications; Analytical models; IEC standards; Reliability; Servers; Substations; Switches; Wide area networks; Bus Topology; IEC 61850; Intelligent Electronic Device (IED); Optimized Network Engineering Tools (OPNET); Ring Topology; Star Topology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC), 2013 Australasian Universities

Conference_Location

Hobart, TAS

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AUPEC.2013.6725482

Filename

6725482