A Comprehensive Framework for the Assessment of Synchrophasor Communication Networks from the Perspective of Situational Awareness in a Smart Grid Cyber Physical System

The conventional power grid is modernizing into a cyber-physical smart grid. In this system, there are several applications, an important being the synchrophasor measurement system. Sensors called phasor units, measure synchrophasors and communicate them to data concentrator using communication networks. Situational awareness helps in quick perception of environment taking commensurate actions by system operator. Thus, networks play role must be assessed from perspective operator’s situational awareness. context, comprehensive analysis metric proposed. proposed based on hardware reliability, network delay. As case study, practical India (West Bengal Power Grid) considered for assessing its West simulated QualNet simulator validate framework.