TY  - JOUR
T1  - A Review of the IEC 61850 Protocol and its Implications for
Substation Communication
AU - Sparks, N.B. AU - Saha, A.K. 
JO  - International Journal of Electrical and Power Engineering
VL  - 12
IS  - 2
SP  - 6
EP  - 14
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1990-7958
DO  - ijepe.2018.6.14
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ijepe.2018.6.14
KW  - legacy
KW  -IEC 61850
KW  -IED
KW  -hardwire
KW  -ethernet
KW  -communication
KW  -Architecture
KW  -protection
KW  -protocol
KW  -relay
KW  -standard
AB  - This study presents a review of the IEC 61850 substation protocol and its implications for
communication in both modern and legacy-based protection schemes. The intelligent substation devices of
today have the ability to communicate, interface and interoperate using ethernet-based protocols like the IEC
61850 standard. This has promoted an industry shift from the outdated serial and legacy protection schemes
which rely on binary and analog hardwire connections between device to an ethernet-based architecture.
Therefore, the IEC 61850 protocol affects the way substations are designed how IEDs are interfaced, the manner
in which devices communicate and the overall effectiveness and efficiency of a substation. However, this new
standard also presents a fresh set rules to engineers and utilities alike. These define the manner in which IEDs
are configuration as well as how they communicate with other devices using a newly established peer to peer
message system. Thus, the continued collaboration of the International Electrotechnical Commission has
resulted in the development of a communication standard that allows IEDs of different manufacturers to interact
within the local substation environment and transfer data and signals quickly over a ‘virtual’ ethernet-based
network.
ER  -