COMMUNICATION NETWORKS AND SYSTEMS FOR POWER UTILITY AUTOMATION - PART 90-4: NETWORK ENGINEERING GUIDELINES
International Electrotechnical Committee
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms, definitions, abbreviations and
conventions
4 Overview of IEC 61850 networks
5 Network design checklist
6 Ethernet technology for substations
7 Network and substation topologies
8 Addressing in the substation
9 Application parameters
10 Performance
11 Latency
12 Network traffic control
13 Dependability
14 Time services
15 Network security
16 Network management
17 Remote connectivity
18 Network testing
19 IEC 61850 bridge and port object model
Annex A (informative) - Case study - Process bus
configuration for busbar protection system
Annex B (informative) Case study - Simple Topologies
(Transener/Transba, Argentina)
Annex C (informative) Case study - An IEC 61850
station bus (Powerlink, Australia)
Annex D (informative) Case study - Station bus with
VLANs (Trans-Africa, South Africa)
Bibliography
Specifies the advantages and disadvantages of different approaches to network topology, redundancy, clock synchronization, etc. so that the network designer can make educated decisions.
| Document Type | Standard |
| Status | Current |
| Publisher | International Electrotechnical Committee |
| Committee | TC 57 |
