SCAN-CogRSG: Secure Channel Allocation by Dynamic Cluster Switching for Cognitive Radio Enabled Smart Grid Communications

ABSTRACT

Smart grid (SG) communication requires multilevel communication among multiple layers. To handle this paramount spectrum requirement, cognitive radio network (CRN) is one of the promising solutions. However, the integration of CRN for SG communications introduces new challenges in spectrum allocation. Still, achieving high spectrum utilization is restricted by security vulnerability and poor algorithm design. This paper resolves all these issues to achieve the objective of spectrum utilization efficiency. A novel dynamic cluster switching approach is designed for secure channel allocation for cognitive radio-based smart grid (SCAN-CogRSG) communications. Strong authentication is enabled for secondary users (SUs) by Binate physically unclonable function (Bi-PUF) authentication mechanism. The key idea behind Bi-PUF mechanism is to prevent spectrum resources from unauthorized access. The formed neighborhood area network (NAN) clusters are dynamically switched to distribute uniform spectrum availability. For dynamic switching, a novel Topology aware fuzzy-reinforcement learning (TA-FuReil) algorithm is presented. For an effectual channel allocation, feature-based K-means (FK-means) algorithm and tri-objective cuttlefish optimization (TriO-CFO) algorithm are proposed. The formulated objectives are interference minimization, power minimization, and data rate maximization. In the case of priority situations, the one-to-many matching-based TriO-CFO (OMTriO-CFO) algorithm is utilized. The proposed SCAN-CogSG is modeled in NS-3 and validated for performance evaluation. The observed results show betterment in throughput, retransmission probability, latency, and authentication time.

KEYWORDS:

• CRN
• NAN clusters
• PUF authentication
• Secure channel allocation
• Smart grid communications

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M. Monisha

M Monisha was born in Madurai, India, in 1990. She received the BTech degree in electronics and communication engineering from Kalasalingam University, Srivilliputtur, India, in 2011, and the ME degree in wireless technology, Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, India, in 2013. From June 2013, she has been with the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Vels Institute of Science Technology and Advanced Studies (VISTAS), Chennai, India, as an assistant professor. Her current research interests include wireless sensor network, cognitive radio & software defined radio communication, and digital communication system. She is a member of International Fellow of Engineering Research and Publication (IFERP), and a research advisor in IMRTC-USA. She is also the member of several prestigious associations like International Association of Engineers (IAENG) and Asia Society of Researchers.

V. Rajendran

V Rajendran was born in Madurai, India, in 1955. He received the BSc degree in physics from the Thiagarajar College, Madurai, India, in 1977, and the MTech degree in physical engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, in 1979. In 1993, he received PhD in electrical and electronics engineering from Chiba University, Japan. In 2015, he joined the Department of Electronics Engineering, SSN College of Engineering, and Chennai, India, as a professor. Since 2005, he has been with National Institute of Ocean Technology, Chennai, India, as a project director and head (Marine Instrumentation & Ocean Acoustics and Ocean Observation Systems). He is currently the professor and director in the department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Vels Institute of Science Technology and Advanced Studies (VISTAS), Chennai, India. His current research interests include underwater wireless sensor network, cognitive radio & software defined radio communication, HF radar, tsunami warning system and underwater noise measurement systems. Dr V Rajendran is a Life fellow of Ultrasonic Society of India, India (USI), January 2001, Associate Member of Acoustical Society of America, USA, January 2010, Member of IEEE, USA, January 2010, Life fellow of Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering (IETE), India, January 2012. He was elected twice as Vice Chairman – Asia Execution Board of Data Buoy Co-operation Panel (DBCP) of Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)/World Meteorological Organization (WMO) of UNSCO, in October 2008 and September 2009. He was awarded MONBUSHO Fellowship, Japanese Govt. Fellowship (1988–1989) through Ministry of Human Resource and Development, Govt of India. He also received Jaya Distinguished Scientist Award ’07 from Jaya Engineering College during their 9th Graduation Day on 26th April 2008 and a Special Achievement Award on Teacher's Day (2016 and 2018), VISTAS for publication of articles and research. Email: [email protected]