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1School of Computing, Gachon University, 1342 Seongnamdaero, Seongnam 13120, Korea.
Abstract:
Parallel redundancy protocol (PRP) and high-availability redundancy protocol (HSR) are widely adopted protocols based on IEC 61850 standard to support zero recovery communication networks for time-critical and reliable interactions in power system substations. However, hiring these protocols comes with technical and economic constraints that impact the size of the substation network arrangement. Therefore, we will undertake a theoretical analysis of HSR, PRP, and their combinations to reach a maximum number of nodes in different substation communication architectures regarding IEC 61850 standard message time constraint requirements and IEC 62439-3 standard regulations. We will validate our findings through a simulation in the OPNET Modeler environment. In addition, we considered bandwidth efficiency by prohibiting the extra circulation of packets in the redundancy Box (RedBox) and QuadBox implementation as interfaces for HSR and PRP connection and HSR rings interconnection, respectively, which represent the main hindrance in utilizing the combination of these protocols.
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