Data integrity attacks against the distributed real-time pricing in the smart grid

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Abstract

In this paper, we address the issue of designing an effective distributed real-time pricing scheme in the smart grid and investigating its security resilience when the data integrity attack is in place. Different from existing research efforts, in this paper we develop a distributed real-time pricing scheme, which can maximize the welfare of all participants and improve the resilience to system failures, as well as consider both renewable and traditional power resources. By leveraging the distributed approach, we leverage the gradient projection mechanism to solve the distributed real-time pricing problem in participants' smart meters to improve the resilience to system failures. We also investigate the vulnerabilities of the distributed real-time pricing scheme by considering one typical data integrity attack, which can inject false data into communication interfaces. Via a combination of both theoretical analysis and performance evaluation, we demonstrate that the proposed distributed scheme can effectively guide the participants to achieve individual welfare maximization. Our findings also show that data integrity attacks can disrupt the distributed real-time pricing, posing a damage to the welfare of participants.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2016 IEEE 35th International Performance Computing and Communications Conference, IPCCC 2016
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781509052523
DOIs
StatePublished - 17 Jan 2017
Event35th IEEE International Performance Computing and Communications Conference, IPCCC 2016 - Las Vegas, United States
Duration: 9 Dec 201611 Dec 2016

Publication series

Name2016 IEEE 35th International Performance Computing and Communications Conference, IPCCC 2016

Conference

Conference35th IEEE International Performance Computing and Communications Conference, IPCCC 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLas Vegas
Period9/12/1611/12/16

Keywords

  • Data integrity attacks
  • Distributed real-time pricing
  • Smart grid
  • Vulnerabilities analysis

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