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- Title
Modified timed efficient stream loss-tolerant authentication to secure power line communication.
- Authors
Sigweni, Boyce; Mangwala, Mmoloki; Chuma, Joseph
- Abstract
This paper investigates the feasibility of Timed Efficient Stream Loss-tolerant Authentication to serve security needs of Power Line Communication (PLC) system. PLC network has been identified as the ideal choice to function as the last mile network, deliver load management messages to smart meters. However, there is a need to address the security concerns for load management messages delivered over power line communications. The ubiquitous nature of the power line communication infrastructure exposes load management systems (LMS) deployed over it to a security risk. Ordinarily, PLC network does not employ security measures on which the smart meters and data concentrators can depend on. Therefore, the need to provide a secure mechanism for communication of load management system messages over a PLC network. In LMS, source authentication is of highest priority because we need to respond only to messages from an authenticated source. This is achieved by investigating suitable robust authentication protocols. In this paper we present modifications to Timed Efficient Stream Loss-tolerant Authentication for secure authentication to secure messages for load management over PLC. We show that PLC may be used to securely and effectively deliver Load Management messages to smart meters, with minimal overhead.
- Subjects
CARRIER transmission on electric lines; RIVERS; SECURITY systems
- Publication
International Journal of Electrical & Computer Engineering (2088-8708), 2019, Vol 9, Issue 4, p2281
- ISSN
2088-8708
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.11591/ijece.v9i4.pp2281-2295