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Intelligent Monitoring, Control, and Security of Critical Infrastructure Systems

Part of the book series: Studies in Computational Intelligence ((SCI,volume 565))

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In this chapter, we look into the role of telecommunication networks and their capability of supporting critical infrastructure systems and applications. The focus is on smart grids as the key driving example, bearing in mind that other such systems do exist, e.g., water management, traffic control, etc. First, the role of basic communication is examined with a focus on critical infrastructures. We look at heterogenic networks and standards for smart grids, to give some insight into what has been done to ensure inter-operability in this direction. We then go to the physical network, and look at the deployment of the physical layout of the communication network and the related costs. This is an important aspect as one option to use existing networks is to deploy dedicated networks. Following this, we look at some generic models that describe reliability for accessing dynamic information. This part illustrates how protocols can be reconfigured to fulfil reliability requirements, as an important part of providing reliable data access to the critical applications running over the network. Thereafter, we take a look at the security of the network, by looking at a framework that describes the digital threats to the critical infrastructure. Finally, before our conclusions and outlook, we give a brief overview of some key activities in the field and what research directions are currently investigated.

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    Rasmus L. Olsen, Kartheepan Balachandran, Sara Hald, Jose Gutierrez Lopez, Jens Myrup Pedersen & Matija Stevanovic

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Olsen, R.L., Balachandran, K., Hald, S., Lopez, J.G., Pedersen, J.M., Stevanovic, M. (2015). Telecommunication Networks. In: Kyriakides, E., Polycarpou, M. (eds) Intelligent Monitoring, Control, and Security of Critical Infrastructure Systems. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 565. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44160-2_3

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