The effects of flooding attacks on time-critical communications in the smart grid

Qinghua Li; Chase Ross; Jing Yang; Jia Di; Juan Carlos Balda; H. Alan Mantooth

doi:10.1109/ISGT.2015.7131802

The effects of flooding attacks on time-critical communications in the smart grid

Qinghua Li
, Chase Ross
, Jing Yang
, Jia Di
, Juan Carlos Balda
, H. Alan Mantooth

Electrical Engineering

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Abstract

Many smart grid communications are delay sensitive and have very strict timing requirements for message deliveries. For example, trip protection messages must be delivered to the destination within 3 ms according to IEC 61850. Such time-critical communications are vulnerable to flooding attacks which attempt to increase message delivery delay through congesting the network channel and exhausting the computation resources of the communicating nodes. However, there is a lack of understanding on how much flooding attacks affect message delivery delays. In this paper, we conduct experimental studies to investigate how flooding attacks affect message delivery delays for time-critical communications in smart grid. Our experiments are based on both wireless networks in a lab and wired networks in a real, industry-standard electric power facility. Experimental results show that even low-rate flooding attacks can significantly increase the message delivery delays, especially when wireless networks are used.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2015 IEEE Power and Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, ISGT 2015
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781479917853
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ISGT.2015.7131802
State	Published - Jun 23 2015
Event	2015 IEEE Power and Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, ISGT 2015 - Washington, United States Duration: Feb 18 2015 → Feb 20 2015

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Name	2015 IEEE Power and Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, ISGT 2015

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Other	2015 IEEE Power and Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, ISGT 2015
Country/Territory	United States
City	Washington
Period	2/18/15 → 2/20/15

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Computer Networks and Communications
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Li, Q., Ross, C., Yang, J., Di, J., Balda, J. C., & Mantooth, H. A. (2015). The effects of flooding attacks on time-critical communications in the smart grid. In 2015 IEEE Power and Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, ISGT 2015 Article 7131802 (2015 IEEE Power and Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, ISGT 2015). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISGT.2015.7131802

Li, Qinghua ; Ross, Chase ; Yang, Jing et al. / The effects of flooding attacks on time-critical communications in the smart grid. 2015 IEEE Power and Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, ISGT 2015. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015. (2015 IEEE Power and Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, ISGT 2015).

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Li, Q, Ross, C, Yang, J, Di, J, Balda, JC & Mantooth, HA 2015, The effects of flooding attacks on time-critical communications in the smart grid. in 2015 IEEE Power and Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, ISGT 2015., 7131802, 2015 IEEE Power and Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, ISGT 2015, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015 IEEE Power and Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, ISGT 2015, Washington, United States, 2/18/15. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISGT.2015.7131802

The effects of flooding attacks on time-critical communications in the smart grid. / Li, Qinghua; Ross, Chase; Yang, Jing et al.
2015 IEEE Power and Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, ISGT 2015. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015. 7131802 (2015 IEEE Power and Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, ISGT 2015).

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Li Q, Ross C, Yang J, Di J, Balda JC, Mantooth HA. The effects of flooding attacks on time-critical communications in the smart grid. In 2015 IEEE Power and Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, ISGT 2015. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2015. 7131802. (2015 IEEE Power and Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, ISGT 2015). doi: 10.1109/ISGT.2015.7131802

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