A hierarchical WAMPAC system: Demonstration and evaluation

The importance of Wide Area Monitoring, Protection and Control (WAMPAC) has being increasing as it can form the basis for power system stabilization systems. It is also an important component of a smart grid. The standardization of communication interfaces along with the ability to integrate several subsystems is important in building a standard WAMPAC system. This paper proposes a hierarchical WAMPAC system and develops several functions of WAMPAC for further improving power system stability. The usefulness and performance of our proposed WAMPAC system are demonstrated on an evaluation system with promising results.