Mobile Lightweight Wireless Systems. Second International ICST Conference, MOBILIGHT 2010, Barcelona, Spain, May 10-12, 2010, Revised Selected Papers

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A Preliminary Study of a Wireless Process Control Network Using Emulation Testbeds

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-16644-0_24,
        author={Michele Guglielmi and Igor Nai and Andres Perez-Garcia and Christos Siaterlis},
        title={A Preliminary Study of a Wireless Process Control Network Using Emulation Testbeds},
        proceedings={Mobile Lightweight Wireless Systems. Second International ICST Conference, MOBILIGHT 2010, Barcelona, Spain, May 10-12, 2010, Revised Selected Papers},
        proceedings_a={MOBILIGHT},
        year={2012},
        month={10},
        keywords={Critical Infrastructures SCADA emulation resilience},
        doi={10.1007/978-3-642-16644-0_24}
    }
    
  • Michele Guglielmi
    Igor Nai
    Andres Perez-Garcia
    Christos Siaterlis
    Year: 2012
    A Preliminary Study of a Wireless Process Control Network Using Emulation Testbeds
    MOBILIGHT
    Springer
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-16644-0_24
Michele Guglielmi1, Igor Nai1, Andres Perez-Garcia1, Christos Siaterlis1
  • 1: European Commission, Joint Research Centre

Abstract

The increasing dependence of Critical Infrastructures (CI) from Information and Communication Technologies might encompass significant risks to our society. Experimentation with CI before introducing a new technology has always been difficult mainly because the architecture complexity, the inability to conduct experiments within a mission critical environment as well as the lack of specialized tools for recreating a CI. In this paper we present the first results of a study that was conducted in a specialized environment for experimenting with CI. We propose the use of an emulation testbed (Emulab driven) along with SCADA-aware components in order to recreate a typical Process Control Network (PCN). We present here experimental results of the risks that operators might face while installing Wi-Fi access technologies within a PCN. This work is indicative of the approach, that operators could follow, to measure, understand and minimize undesirable consequences to the resilience of a CI.