Network Management and Services

The IEC 61850 standard emerged from the need to standardize communication between Intelligent Electronic Devices (IEDs) used in the protection and automation of electrical systems. Currently, the standard has a consolidated application in the automation of industrial electrical systems.

Its main objective lies in the integration of equipment from various manufacturers for the automation of power plants, transmission substations, and distribution. In general, this standard defines the data model and protocol stack to be used by various manufacturers.

The Process Bus can be considered the most challenging part of the IEC 61850 standard. This item deals with how information enters and exits the process level, through GOOSE (Generic Object-Oriented Substation Event) messages for actuation and analog measurements through Sampled Value messages.