Software Framework of Context-Aware Reconfigurable Secure Smart Grids

Abstract

Developing Smart Grids (SG) requires more advanced software engineering tools to keep-up with the growing requirements. Reconfiguration, context-awareness, and security features are becoming necessary for the smart and reliable behavior of future electricity grids. Several software solutions have been proposed to improve the development of such features. However, there is still a need to a software solution that clarify the relation between reconfiguration and context as well as facilitate their development all with satisfying complex needs such the real-time, coordination, and security needs. In this paper, we propose a solution for easy implementation of reconfigurations originated by a context change. We extend an existing software framework dedicated to the development of context-aware reconfigurable applications with mechanisms that handles the contexts in the controller. This paper explores the usage of the said framework as an infrastructure for general purpose SG applications. To show the suitability of the proposed concepts, a formal case of microgrids reconfigurations is conducted.