BERCOM
Within the BERCOM project ((Blueprint for Pan-European Resilient Critical Infrastructures based on LTE Communications), concepts for a specifically hardened Long Term Evolution (LTE) communication system for critical infrastructures are developed. The performance of this communication system is evaluated using simulations, lab set-ups and practical experiments.
The European energy decentralized generation, transmission and distribution system is in a full-scale change process. In future, Smart Grids shall control those complex systems by means of underlying information and communication technology (ICT) infrastructures and corresponding distributed SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) services. Those ICT infrastructures need to fulfil challenging requirements. An increasing amount of devices requires a reliable provision of required data rates and guaranteed response times, especially in critical system situations.
One solution for these challenges is the hardening of the existing LTE technology. Based on current standards, TU Dortmund University develops concepts for optimized resource allocation and relaying of data to guarantee low latencies and high reliability even in concurrency situations. The concepts are evaluated in simulations and experiments using real data of energy systems.
The scientific results of the BERCOM project contribute to the deployment of validated, high reliable communication systems, as well as distribution in the European context.
Project duration: 01.09.2015 - 31.08.2018
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Publications
Network Slicing for Critical Communications in Shared 5G Infrastructures - An Empirical Evaluation
F. Kurtz, C. Bektas, N. Dorsch, C. Wietfeld,
In 4th IEEE International Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft 2018), Canada, June 2018.
Smart Control of Energy Distribution Grids over Heterogeneous Communication Networks - Impact of communication network performance on voltage control and energy balancing
H. P. Schwefel, et al.,
In CIGRE Science & Engineering, February 2018.
Analysis of real-time coordination of distributed power flow controllers using software-defined networking communication
S. Dalhues, et al.,
In IEEE Power Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT), Washington DC, USA, February 2018.
Communications in Distributed Smart Grid Control: Software-Defined vs. Legacy Networks
N. Dorsch, F. Kurtz, C. Wietfeld,
In IEEE Conference on Energy Internet and Energy System Integration, Beijing, China, November 2017.
Synchronized Measurement Concept for Failure Handling in Software-Defined Smart Grid Communications
F. Kurtz, N. Dorsch, C. Bektas, C. Wietfeld,
In 2017 IEEE International Conference on Smart Grid Communications, Dresden, Germany, October 2017.
Advanced Controller Resiliency in Software-Defined Networking Enabled Critical Infrastructure Communications
F. Kurtz, C. Wietfeld,
In International Conference on ICT Convergence, IEEE, Jeju-si, Republic of Korea, October 2017.
Enhanced Fast Failover for Software-Defined Smart Grid Communication Networks
N. Dorsch, F. Kurtz, F. Girke, C. Wietfeld,
In IEEE Globecom, Washington, USA, December 2016.
Intertwined: Software-Defined Communication Networks for Multi-Agent System-based Smart Grid Control
N. Dorsch, F. Kurtz, S. Dalhues, L. Robitzky, U. Häger, C. Wietfeld,
In IEEE SmartGridComm, Sydney, Australia, November 2016.