Security vs bandwidth: performance analysis between IPsec and OpenVPN in smart grid

Kinan Ghanem; Stephen Ugwuanyi; Jidapa Hansawangkit; Ross McPherson; Rabia Khan; James Irvine

doi:10.1109/isncc55209.2022.9851717

Security vs bandwidth: performance analysis between IPsec and OpenVPN in smart grid

Kinan Ghanem, Stephen Ugwuanyi, Jidapa Hansawangkit, Ross McPherson, Rabia Khan, James Irvine

Electronic And Electrical Engineering

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Abstract

Secure wireless communication is an essential element of smart grid systems. This enables distributed industrial Internet of Things (IoT) assets to be remotely controlled and monitored from the control centre. In this piece of work, we evaluate the impact of employing OpenVPN and IPsec on the bandwidth required for the operation of distribution assets in next-generation substations Remote Terminal Units (RTUs) over IEC 61850-5-104. This analysis showed that OpenVPN added an average of 42 bytes to each packet inside the VPN tunnel, while Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) contributed an average overhead of 64 bytes. This demonstrated that employing IPsec would require more bandwidth than OpenVPN. Discussions on the reliability of wireless communication media for smart grid is also presented.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2022 International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications, ISNCC 2022
Place of Publication	Piscataway, NJ
Publisher	IEEE
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9781665485449
ISBN (Print)	9781665485456
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/isncc55209.2022.9851717
Publication status	Published - 15 Aug 2022
Event	2022 International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications (ISNCC) - Shenzhen, China Duration: 19 Jul 2022 → 22 Jul 2022 Conference number: ISNCC http://www.isncc-conf.org/

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Name	2022 International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications, ISNCC 2022

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Conference	2022 International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications (ISNCC)
Country/Territory	China
City	Shenzhen
Period	19/07/22 → 22/07/22
Internet address	http://www.isncc-conf.org/

Keywords

bandwidth
IEC 61850-5-104
IPsec
encryption
OpenVPN
remote outstation
security
smart grid

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Ghanem, K., Ugwuanyi, S., Hansawangkit, J., McPherson, R., Khan, R., & Irvine, J. (2022). Security vs bandwidth: performance analysis between IPsec and OpenVPN in smart grid. In 2022 International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications, ISNCC 2022 (2022 International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications, ISNCC 2022). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/isncc55209.2022.9851717

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Ghanem, K, Ugwuanyi, S, Hansawangkit, J, McPherson, R, Khan, R & Irvine, J 2022, Security vs bandwidth: performance analysis between IPsec and OpenVPN in smart grid. in 2022 International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications, ISNCC 2022. 2022 International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications, ISNCC 2022, IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, 2022 International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications (ISNCC), Shenzhen, China, 19/07/22. https://doi.org/10.1109/isncc55209.2022.9851717

Security vs bandwidth: performance analysis between IPsec and OpenVPN in smart grid. / Ghanem, Kinan; Ugwuanyi, Stephen; Hansawangkit, Jidapa et al.
2022 International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications, ISNCC 2022. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE, 2022. (2022 International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications, ISNCC 2022).

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Ghanem K, Ugwuanyi S, Hansawangkit J, McPherson R, Khan R, Irvine J. Security vs bandwidth: performance analysis between IPsec and OpenVPN in smart grid. In 2022 International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications, ISNCC 2022. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE. 2022. (2022 International Symposium on Networks, Computers and Communications, ISNCC 2022). Epub 2022 Jul 19. doi: 10.1109/isncc55209.2022.9851717

Security vs bandwidth: performance analysis between IPsec and OpenVPN in smart grid

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