Light-Weight Secure CAN-Bus Communication for Supervisory Control of Power Converters-Based Microgrid Applications

Naheel Faisal Kamal, Ali Sharida, Sertac Bayhan, Haitham Abu-Rub, Hussein Alnuweiri

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Abstract

The Controller Area Network (CAN) Bus is a commonly used communication protocol for different applications including vehicle controllers and power electronics converters which are the application focus in this paper. One drawback of CAN-bus is the lack of security measures in the protocol, which can be problematic if the communication line is exposed to attackers. This paper proposes a novel method to secure CAN-bus communication that is light-weight and applicable for power converters and microgrid applications. The proposed solution aims to protect against eavesdropping, false data injection, and replay attacks. The security scheme is implemented and deployed on a low-cost microcontroller that is used to control power sharing rectifiers. Experimental results are carried out to show that the proposed method effectively secures the channel against attacks with minimal time and space overhead.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIECON 2023 - 49th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
ISBN (Electronic)9798350331820
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2023
Event49th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2023 - Singapore, Singapore
Duration: 16 Oct 202319 Oct 2023

Publication series

NameIECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)
ISSN (Print)2162-4704
ISSN (Electronic)2577-1647

Conference

Conference49th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2023
Country/TerritorySingapore
CitySingapore
Period16/10/2319/10/23

Keywords

  • CAN-bus
  • power converters
  • security

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