Performance Analysis of IEC 61850 Messages in LTE Communication for Reactive Power Management in Microgrids
Abstract
:1. Introduction
- IEC 61850 communication model is developed for reactive power management in microgrid.
- The developed IEC 61850 model is mapped to LTE and adapted for operation
- Lab-tests have been done for E2E delay performance evaluation of R-GOOSE and R-SV messages over LTE network with D2D communication.
2. Overview of Reactive Power Management in Microgrids
3. IEC 61850 Based Information Modeling and Mapping of Reactive Power Management in Microgrids
3.1. Information Modeling of DSTATCOM Controller
3.2. IEC 61850 Information Exchanges for Reactive Power Management in Test Microgrid
WPP_ControlIED$DPST $ST $ECPConn → MGCC
MGCC → DSTATCOM_ControllerIED2 $ARCO $SP $Qspt
MGCC → DSTATCOM_ControllerIED2 $AVCO $SP $Vsp
4. Mapping of IEC 61850 Messages to LTE
4.1. Overview of Long Term Evolution (LTE)
4.2. Mapping of IEC 61850 Messages to LTE
5. Performance Evaluation of IEC 61850 Message Transmission over LTE
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Message Exchanges for Reactive Power Management | ACSI Service | SCSM | IEC 61850 Message Type | |
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Source IED | Destination IED | |||
MGCC | PCC_ControlIED → XCBR → Pos → ‘0′ | SendGOOSEMessage | GoosePDU | R-GOOSE |
PV_ControlIED → DPST → ECPConn | MGCC | GetDataValues | Read-MMS Request Read-MMS Response | MMS |
WPP_ControlIED → DPST → ECPConn | MGCC | GetDataValues | Read-MMS Request Read-MMS Response | MMS |
Battery_ControlIED → DPST → ECPConn | MGCC | GetDataValues | Read-MMS Request Read-MMS Response | MMS |
Diesel_ControlIED → DPST → ECPConn | MGCC | GetDataValues | Read-MMS Request Read-MMS Response | MMS |
MGCC | PV_ControlIED → DOPA → DEROpMode | SendGOOSEMessage | GoosePDU | R-GOOSE |
MGCC | Diesel_ControlIED → DOPA → DEROpMode | SendGOOSEMessage | GoosePDU | R-GOOSE |
MGCC | WPP_ControlIED → DOPA → DEROpMode | SendGOOSEMessage | GoosePDU | R-GOOSE |
MGCC | DSTATCOM_ControllerIED1 → ARCO → Qspt | SendGOOSEMessage | GoosePDU | R-GOOSE |
MGCC | DSTATCOM_ControllerIED2 → ARCO → Qspt | SendGOOSEMessage | GoosePDU | R-GOOSE |
PV_ControlIED‘→ MMXU → TotW, TotVAr, PhV | MGCC | GetDataValues | Read-MMS Request Read-MMS Response | MMS |
WPP_ControlIED‘→ MMXU → TotW, TotVAr, PhV | MGCC | GetDataValues | Read-MMS Request Read-MMS Response | MMS |
Diesel_ControlIED‘→ MMXU → TotW, TotVAr, PhV | MGCC | GetDataValues | Read-MMS Request Read-MMS Response | MMS |
Battery_ControlIED‘→ MMXU → TotW, TotVAr, PhV | MGCC | GetDataValues | Read-MMS Request Read-MMS Response | MMS |
MGCC | DSTATCOM_ControllerIED1 → AVCO → Vsp | SendGOOSEMessage | GoosePDU | R-GOOSE |
MGCC | DSTATCOM_ControllerIED1 → AVCO → Vsp | SendGOOSEMessage | GoosePDU | R-GOOSE |
All MU_IED | All Control IEDs | SendSVMessage | SvPDU | R-SV |
QCI | Priority Level | Packet Delay (ms) | Packet Error Loss Rate | Service Type |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 100 | 10−2 | Conversation Voice |
2 | 4 | 150 | 10−3 | Conversation Video |
3 | 3 | 50 | 10−3 | Real-time gaming |
4 | 5 | 300 | 10−6 | Non-Conversation Video |
65 | 0.7 | 75 | 10−2 | Mission critical PTT |
66 | 2 | 100 | 10−2 | Non-Mission critical PTT |
5 | 1 | 100 | 10−6 | IMS signaling |
6 | 6 | 100 | 10−6 | Video TCP-based |
7 | 7 | 300 | 10−3 | Real-time |
8 | 8 | 100 | 10−6 | Video TCP-based |
9 | 9 | 300 | 10−6 | Video TCP-based |
69 | 0.5 | 60 | 10−6 | Mission critical live |
70 | 5.5 | 200 | 10−6 | Mission critical live |
10 | 0.1 | 10 | 10−6 | IEC 61850 GOOSE/R-GOOSE |
11 | 0.5 | 10 | 10−6 | IEC 61850 SV/ R-SV |
12 | 1 | 200 | 10−6 | IEC 61850 MMS |
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Bandwidth | 15 MHz |
Transmission Time Interval (TTI) | 1 ms |
Modulation | 64QAM |
DL / UL access scheme | OFDMA / SC-FDMA |
FFT size | 1536 |
Carrier Aggregation | Intra band Contiguous |
Frame / Sub-Frame / Slot duration | 10 / 1 / 0.5 ms |
Subcarrier spacing (kHz) | 15 |
eNodeB, User | 3, 12 |
Message Type | Source → Destination | Size of Message (Bytes) | Average ETE in ms | Packet Loss Rate |
---|---|---|---|---|
R-SV | MU_PV → PV_Control IED | 219 | 1.671 | 0.561 × 10−6 |
MU_WPP → WPP_Control IED | 219 | 1.839 | 0.522 × 10−6 | |
MU_DSTATCOM1 → DSTATCOM_Controller IED1 | 219 | 1.492 | 0.478 × 10−6 | |
MU_Diesel → Diesel_Control IED | 219 | 1.507 | 0.561 × 10−6 | |
MU Battery → Battery_control IED | 219 | 1.504 | 0.561 × 10−6 | |
MU_DSTATCOM2 → DSTATCOM_Controller IED2 | 219 | 1.503 | 0.582 × 10−6 | |
R−GOOSE | MGCC → PV_Control IED | 204 | 1.02 | 0.353 × 10−6 |
MGCC → WPP_Control IED | 204 | 1.02 | 0.353 × 10−6 | |
MGCC → DSTATCOM_Controller IED1 | 204 | 1.084 | 0.312 × 10−6 | |
MGCC → Diesel_Control IED | 204 | 1 | 0.353 × 10−6 | |
MGCC → Battery_control IED | 204 | 1 | 0.353 × 10−6 | |
MGCC → DSTATCOM_Controller IED2 | 204 | 1.084 | 0.312 × 10−6 | |
MMS | { WPP_Control IED, WPP_Control IED, DSTATCOM_Controller IED1, Diesel_Control IED, Battery_control IED, DSTATCOM_Controller IED2 } ←→ MGCC | 220 | 3.492 | 0.457 × 10−6 |
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Hussain, S.M.S.; Aftab, M.A.; Ustun, T.S. Performance Analysis of IEC 61850 Messages in LTE Communication for Reactive Power Management in Microgrids. Energies 2020, 13, 6011. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13226011
Hussain SMS, Aftab MA, Ustun TS. Performance Analysis of IEC 61850 Messages in LTE Communication for Reactive Power Management in Microgrids. Energies. 2020; 13(22):6011. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13226011
Chicago/Turabian StyleHussain, S. M. Suhail, Mohd Asim Aftab, and Taha Selim Ustun. 2020. "Performance Analysis of IEC 61850 Messages in LTE Communication for Reactive Power Management in Microgrids" Energies 13, no. 22: 6011. https://doi.org/10.3390/en13226011