Primary SCADA Communications IP Upgrade

Apr 2013

Electricity Distribution

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Status: Live

Start Date: Apr 2013

End Date: Unknown

Funding Licencee(s): UK Power Networks

Contact: UKPN Innovation Team

Funding Mechanism Innovation Funding Incentive

Research Area: None

Core Technology(ies): Comms & IT

Estimated Expenditure: £0.00

Introduction: This project demonstrated that IP protocols can be used securely to provide the necessary primary substation SCADA communications used in distribution networks.

Objectives: The use of IP to provide Primary SCADA communications and to control the changeover to a backup communications system .