Performance Evaluation of IEC 61850 under Wireless Communication Networks

The standard IEC 61850 is considered as a candidate for communication standard for smart grid applications. The delay performance is one of the critical issues that were specified by IEC 61850. However, a few works have been done to evaluate the delay performance under wireless networks. This paper presents the modeling and simulation of IEC 61850 substation automation system (SAS) under wireless and hybrid networks. OPNET is used to model and simulate the Intelligent Electronic Device (IEDs) for three types of messages: GOOSE, the Raw Data Sampled Values and the Interbay trip messages in Substation Automation System.

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