Software Defined Networking for Smart Grid Communications

Authors

Abdullah Aydeger, Florida International UniversityFollow

Document Type

Thesis

Degree

Master of Science (MS)

Major/Program

Computer Engineering

First Advisor's Name

Kemal Akkaya

First Advisor's Committee Title

Committee chair

Second Advisor's Name

A. Seljuk Uluagac

Second Advisor's Committee Title

Committee member

Third Advisor's Name

Ismail Guvenc

Third Advisor's Committee Title

Committee member

Keywords

Software Defined Networking, SDN, Smart Grid, Smart Grid Communication, SDN Security

Date of Defense

7-7-2016

Abstract

Emerging Software Defined Networking (SDN) technology has provided excellent flexibility to large-scale networks in terms of control, management, security, and maintenance. On the other hand, recent years witnessed a tremendous growth of the critical infrastructure networks, namely the Smart-Grid, in terms of its underlying communication infrastructure. Such large local networks requires significant effort in terms of network management and security. We explore the potential utilization of the SDN technology over the Smart Grid communication architecture. Specifically, we introduce three novel SDN deployment scenarios in local networks of Smart Grid. Moreover, we also investigate the pertinent security aspects with each deployment scenario along with possible solutions. On the other hand, we conducted experiments by using actual Smart Grid communication data to assess the recovery performance of the proposed SDN-based system. The results show that SDN is a viable technology for the Smart Grid communications with almost negligible delays in switching to backup wireless links.

Identifier

FIDC000742

Recommended Citation

Aydeger, Abdullah, "Software Defined Networking for Smart Grid Communications" (2016). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 2580.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/2580