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Abstract/Objectives
The content discusses the vulnerability of AC microgrids to cyber attacks due to their sparse communication network. To address this issue, a framework for detecting cyber intrusion deception attacks is proposed using localized dual variables and consensus-based control. The study explores not only individual link or node attacks but also concurrent deception attacks where both types occur simultaneously in different locations of the microgrid. The impacts of these concurrent attacks on system stability are comprehensively analyzed, and a new defense mechanism is suggested. The mechanism focuses on attack localization, isolation, and resilience enhancement. Numerical experiments on a real-time simulator validate the effectiveness of the proposed detection mechanism.
Results/Contributions

The sparse communication network exposes the AC microgrid (MG) with higher risk under malicious cyber attacks. Intrusion detection of malicious cyber attacks becomes a critical issue in operations of isolated AC MGs. In this work, a general framework for detecting cyber intrusion deception attacks is proposed by using localized dual variables of the partial primal-dual (PPD) consensus-based distributed droop control. In additional to individual link attacks, node attacks, or stealthy deception attacks considered in conventional studies, concurrent deception attacks, which refer to both link attacks and node attacks will take place in various remote locations of the MG simultaneously, are also investigated. Impacts of concurrent cyber deception attacks on the closed-loop stability of the entire MG will be analyzed comprehensively. Redundancy relationships between the local information and localized dual variables of the PPD algorithm are utilized to derive analytical indices for detecting these concurrent deception attacks. By enhancing our previous cyber defense mechanism with only considering link attacks or node attacks, a new cyber defense mechanism for concurrent deception attacks is presented. Tasks in cyber defense mechanisms including (i) attack localization, (ii) attack isolation, and (iii) resilience enhancement are also presented in details. Numerical experiments on the real-time simulator OPAL-RT are conducted to validate the effectiveness of the proposed detection mechanism.

Keywords
Sparse communication networkAC microgridMalicious network attacksIntrusion detectionPPD consensus-based distributed overlay controlNetwork intrusion deception attacksClosed-loop stability Network defense mechanism
Contact Information
朱家齊
ccchu@ee.nthu.edu.tw