Abstract
The smart meter is one of the most important components of the smart grid, which enables bi-directional communication between electric power providers and in-home appliances. However, the fine-grained metering mechanism that reports real-time electricity usage to the provider may result in some privacy and security issues for the owner of the smart meter. In this paper, we propose a new secure and anonymous smart metering scheme based on the technique of direct anonymous attestation and identity-based signatures. We utilize the trusted platform module to realize the tamper resistance of the smart meter. Moreover, our scheme is able to detect malfunctioning meters in which data is reported more than once in a time period. Finally, the performance and security results show that our proposed scheme is efficient and satisfies the security requirements of the smart grid communication system.
Highlights
Electrical energy is one of the most important factors for the advancement of industrial development, urbanization, and economic globalization of any country [1]
Correctness: According to the verification procedures in our proposed security protocol, the anonymous signature generated by a valid smart meter and the signature generated by an honest data aggregator can surely pass the verification
We propose a secure and anonymous smart metering scheme based on direct anonymous attestation (DAA) and identity-based signature schemes
Summary
Electrical energy is one of the most important factors for the advancement of industrial development, urbanization, and economic globalization of any country [1]. The problems of climate change and electrical energy consumption are becoming more and more serious. The globe is facing an energy crisis because of the steadily increasing demand for electrical energy as well as high emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2 ) [2]. Many countries in the world are seeking new technologies to develop renewable energies (derived from wind, sunlight, waters, etc) and to reduce CO2 emissions and air pollution. There exists problems in dealing with the integration, system stability, and storage of different kinds of energy sources [3]. The emergence of smart grid techniques has provided solutions for such problems
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