A distributed cyber-attack detection scheme with application to DC microgrids
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Author(s)
Gallo, Alexander
Turan, Mustafa
Boem, Francesca
Parisini, Thomas
Ferrari-Trecate, Giancarlo
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
DC microgrids often present a hierarchical control architecture, requiring integration of communication layers. This leads to the possibility of malicious attackers disrupting the overall system. Motivated by this application, in this paper we present a distributed monitoring scheme to provide attack-detection capabilities for linear Large-Scale Systems. The proposed architecture relies on a Luenberger observer together with a bank of Unknown-Intput Observers (UIOs) at each subsystem, providing attack detection capabilities. We describe the architecture and analyze conditions under which attacks are guaranteed to be detected, and, conversely, when they are stealthy . Our analysis shows that some classes of attacks cannot be detected using either module independently; rather, by exploiting both modules simultaneously, we are able to improve the detection properties of the diagnostic tool as a whole. Theoretical results are backed up by simulations, where our method is applied to a realistic model of a low-voltage DC microgrid under attack.
Date Issued
2020-09-01
Date Acceptance
2020-03-12
Citation
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2020, 65 (9), pp.3800-3815
ISSN
0018-9286
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Start Page
3800
End Page
3815
Journal / Book Title
IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
Volume
65
Issue
9
Copyright Statement
© 2020 The Author(s). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. For more information, see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
Identifier
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9054955
Subjects
Science & Technology
Technology
Automation & Control Systems
Engineering, Electrical & Electronic
Engineering
Microgrids
Monitoring
Silicon
Observers
Communication networks
Analytical models
Electrical power systems
fault detection
cooperative control
estimation
cyber-attack detection
NETWORKED CONTROL-SYSTEMS
FAULT-DETECTION
SECURE CONTROL
RESILIENT
FRAMEWORK
DESIGN
0102 Applied Mathematics
0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering
0913 Mechanical Engineering
Industrial Engineering & Automation
Publication Status
Published
Date Publish Online
2020-04-02