Multipath Routing of Fragmented Data Transfer in a Smart Grid Environment

TL;DR

This paper surveys smart grid communication methods, identifies security vulnerabilities, and proposes an enhanced security countermeasure based on Jigsaw for secure data transfer within smart grid communication systems.

Contribution

It introduces a detailed security countermeasure building upon Jigsaw-based data transfer to improve smart grid communication security.

Findings

Identified security loopholes in smart grid communication modes

Proposed an enhanced Jigsaw-based security solution

Improved data transfer security in smart grid environments

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to do a general survey on the existing communication modes inside a smart grid, the existing security loopholes and their countermeasures. Then we suggest a detailed countermeasure, building upon the Jigsaw based secure data transfer [8] for enhanced security of the data flow inside the communication system of a smart grid. The paper has been written without the consideration of any factor of inoperability between the various security techniques inside a smart grid