Next Generation Power Plant Control through IoT, using encryption in layer 2 of Communication protocol

Abstract

In current epoch every field is shifting to the internet control and making its way in the field where everything is connected to Internet. Hence a need arises in the field of Industries as well. This paper aims to take the Power Station control operation to a next generation and making it shift to the IoT. Through this technological intervention this sector is going to witness a step ahead in remote control operation and monitoring of Power Stations. And to achieve confidentiality, integrity, availability, privacy, authenticity and trustworthiness, the data security or communication security becomes a big concern here. Our proposition will be to address the above concerns regarding security and confidentiality of the data. This shall be achieved by introducing encryption techniques at the layer 2 of communication protocols, which will enable secure data communication between remote operation stations of the Power Plant through the internet. The encryption scheme employed to cover the security parameter will be AES which will get implemented at the sub loop level or sub control system of the power plant. The statistics utilized were made available by NTPC, India and the simulations were executed via MATLAB.