Smart Grid: A Communication Model and Security Challenges

Technology has changing our way of living and our way of communicating. One of the results of this innovation is Smart Grid, a distributed complex system using a modern cyber and physical equipment to run at an optimal operating point. A wide range of technologies were added to the smart grid to make the system more reliable, but it stills vulnerable to attacks because of the extensive implementation of the cyber networks. This paper will illustrate the security challenges facing the smart grid and will propose a communication network model through which we can implement our distributed transmission algorithm to meet as best as we can the Smart Grid challenges.