This document gives an brief introduct of the 61850 protocal.8 M$ N, f4 g$ k% g4 Y3 E
& H2 D g* ~) Z7 E- ?IEC 61850" r ?+ G0 j7 |8 }% T! D
Communications Networks and Systems in Substations g3 S( K9 `" e2 ~$ n+ v. m• Specifies Unified Schema for Organizing Data in Heterogeneous Power System Devices 2 j% }7 ^4 R5 a6 u• Enables Integrated Automation of Power Systems in Substations / O( d* S# @8 v$ \/ l5 q• Mu-4000 Identifies Vulnerabilities in IEC 61850 Implementations ! n' M7 m! _" HWhere is IEC 61850 Used?9 V. M% W; A4 s* @2 r
The Communications Networks and Systems in Substations , H" e1 k: N/ i/ G# [* Fprotocol (IEC 61850) enables a new networking approach 2 p+ y6 i: R, }, ]# o! Vfor power system automation in substations. Traditional 6 T% m4 j; N) P" p$ ?) f" ^ {. Vcommunications were geared around slow transmission) K1 M" Y: p$ Q; b- J4 }8 C
speeds, which constrained the rate of data flow and forced ' S$ x: U& t# J/ L% [/ R7 ], Moperators to configure and operate power systems on an " S; H$ C9 y( J7 n* Sexpensive, mostly manual basis. IEC 61850 was designed; Q) O% B# H6 @3 U$ N* Q% I. X, m6 B7 A
for higher-speed networks that can carry more data. More 8 } V5 L, W" B `capacity and speed enables automated control actions that 5 d! q, ?: J7 @7 }( \. ]) Rare initiated by computers in the substation rather than by a ( n" |/ m% F4 i4 P9 Q- q4 v2 i% dhuman at a distant central site. The protocol specifies how # B% H" @7 j! [- u) dpower system devices should organize data in a consistent : B9 a5 m1 k. rway for all types and brands of devices, and related services.. l3 t4 Q- s' Y+ \) e4 P5 E" B
The abstraction of data items/objects and services provided by IEC 61850 are independent of underlying protocols. This abstract data model$ S! \# {% b- |; {! O0 S
is mapped to a specific protocol stack based on MMS (ISO/IEC 9506), TCP/IP and Ethernet.