The ELCOM utility communication concept

Author

Hegge, Jan ; Larsen, Anders

Author_Institution

Norwegian Electr. Power Res. Inst., Trondheim, Norway

Volume

6

Issue

4

fYear

1991

fDate

11/1/1991 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1411

Lastpage

1417

Abstract

An electric utility communication concept for providing services at the application layer is described. Specific protocols were developed for the application and presentation layer. Standardized ISO protocols for both connection-oriented and connectionless communication were used on lower layers. A possible migration to full ISO compatibility is described. The first version of the concept was specified in 1983 (ELCOM-83). The first implementation was installed in 1985 for communication between a background computer and a SCADA system. Additional facilities (supervisory control, text messages, transport service, etc.) were added in the next version (ELCOM-90). The implementation of ELCOM in a SCADA environment is discussed

Keywords

SCADA systems; power system computer control; telecommunication systems; ELCOM; SCADA system; connection-oriented communication; connectionless communication; electric utility communication; protocols; supervisory control; text messages; transport service; Application software; Communication system control; Control systems; Local area networks; Open systems; Power system modeling; Protocols; SCADA systems; Substations; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Systems, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8950

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/59.116983

Filename

116983