Detection and Localization of PMU Time Synchronization Attacks via Graph Signal Processing
2022 (English)In: IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, ISSN 1949-3053, E-ISSN 1949-3061, Vol. 13, no 4, p. 3241-3254Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Time Synchronization Attacks (TSAs) against Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs) constitute a major threat to modern smart grid applications. By compromising the time reference of a set of PMUs, an attacker can change the phase angle of their measured phasors, with potentially detrimental impact on grid operation and control. Going beyond traditional residual-based techniques in detecting TSAs, in this paper we propose the use of Graph Signal Processing (GSP) to model the power grid so as to facilitate the detection and localization of TSAs. We analytically show that modeling the state of the power system as a low-pass graph signal can significantly improve the resilience of the grid against TSAs. We propose TSA detection and localization methods based on GSP, leveraging state-of-the-art machine learning algorithms. We provide empirical evidence for the efficiency of the proposed methods based on extensive simulations on five IEEE benchmark systems. In fact, our methods can detect at least 77% more TSAs of significant impact and localize an additional 70% of the attacked PMUs compared to state-of-the-art techniques.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) , 2022. Vol. 13, no 4, p. 3241-3254
Keywords [en]
Phasor measurement units, Transmission line measurements, Synchronization, Location awareness, Time measurement, Global Positioning System, Voltage measurement, Time synchronization attack, phasor measurement unit, graph signal processing, power system state estimation, attack detection and identification, machine learning
National Category
Computer Systems
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-315544DOI: 10.1109/TSG.2022.3150954ISI: 000814692300064Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85124723419OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-315544DiVA, id: diva2:1682032
Note
Not duplicate with DiVA 1607173
QC 20220708
2022-07-082022-07-082022-07-08Bibliographically approved