Security in Smart-Grid using Elliptic Curve

Venisha Christian; Usha Patel; Rupal Kapdi

doi:10.37591/jowet.v6i1.2073

Abstract

The IoT is a technology which helps to connect anywhere, anytime and anyplace to anyone. This concept of IoT has helped the human kind to make every device controllable without physical intervention by a human being. It has led to the development of various applications like smart grid, smart parking, smart home etc. Among the various applications of the smart grid, we focus on Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI). AMI is used for measuring, analyzing and collecting the consumer's smart meter data. In AMI, the meter reading i.e. total energy consumption data is being passed to the meter data management system (MDMS) and from the meter data management system it is passed to the control center. The IoT is connected to the untrusted network called the internet. So, that security is the main concern for IoT based devices. Our main aim is to provide the security to the power consumption and the control commands which are being passed to the meter data management system. elliptic for the security as the main concern, we will be using the curve digital signature algorithm (ECDSA). The security is achieved using the application layer protocol l- Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP). In CoAP we have added a security patch of ECDSA algorithm. This paper focuses on the implementation of the light weight elliptic curve cryptography with CoAP using the ContikiOS.Keywords: Security, ECC, ECDSA, CoAP, smart grid, AMICite this ArticleVenisha Christian, Usha Patel, Rupal Kapdi. Security in Smart-Grid using Elliptic Curve. Journal of Web Engineering & Technology. 2019; 6(1): 44–51p.