Communication network for a wide-area special protection system

Author

TORRES, ABEL ; Pena, N. ; Perez, Federico

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Electron., Univ. de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia

fYear

2013

fDate

16-20 June 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Special Protection Systems´ requirements define the communications scheme so that the power system protections inside work. An Internet-based communications architecture with two level hierarchy is presented. The upper level is a broadband SDH/SONET network, and the lower network is an IEC61850 standard based Ethernet. The protocols required in each of the layers are determined. The SPS traffic and background traffic of the communication system are also displayed. Finally, a simulation of a hypothetical network based on the Colombian power system is performed, and the network´s performance and the transport protocols are evaluated as a function of the delays and dropped packets inside the protocols.

Keywords

Internet; SONET; power system protection; synchronous digital hierarchy; telecommunication traffic; transport protocols; Colombian power system; IEC61850 standard based Ethernet; Internet-based communications architecture; SPS traffic; background traffic; broadband SDH/SONET network; communication network; dropped packets; network performance; power system protections; transport protocols; two level hierarchy; wide-area special protection system; Communication networks; Delays; Power system stability; Substations; Transport protocols; Background Traffic; Communications System; IEC61850; Phase Measurement Unit PMU; Special Protection Systems SPS; Wide-Area Monitoring Systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

PowerTech (POWERTECH), 2013 IEEE Grenoble

Conference_Location

Grenoble

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PTC.2013.6652107

Filename

6652107