Research and Application of Substation Safety Communication Based on MMS Alternative Protocol

Abstract At present, most substations are constructed based on IEC 61850 standard. The communication protocols in the station mainly include MMS, GOOSE and SMV, which are gradually exposed in engineering practice. Some deficiencies and potential safety hazards have emerged. For this reason, based on the MMS alternative protocol, the function and security of its implementation are introduced. In terms of functions, MMS alternative protocol adds multiple services and optimizes the deficiencies of the existing MMS protocol; for security, the application layer of the MMS alternative protocol implements two-way identity authentication based on the SM2 algorithm and despatching certificate, preventing unauthorized devices to prevent illegal access and attacks from the source of protocol; the transport layer of the MMS alternative protocol implements full link encryption and authentication based on the SM2 algorithm and despatching certificate to ensure the transmitted data message is antiforgery and non-repudiation and antitheft, protect the confidentiality and integrity of data messages. Therefore, the MMS alternative protocol has been greatly optimized on function, and the security authentication and transmission encryption mechanism of the protocol are focused on the security aspect. The final experimental results prove that the MMS alternative protocol has a certain reference significance in engineering applications.