A PDSI-based Online Fault Configuration Approach for Communication Network in Power Grid Simulation

In this paper, a programmable dynamic simulation interface (PDSI)-based online fault configuration approach of network simulation is proposed to dynamically set link fault as well as route fault in the case of joint power grid simulation. The proposed approach allows the user to dynamically configure the fault situations of communication network via a graphical user interface (GUI) during the simulation process. When QualNet receives the configuration messages from GUI, it will parse the messages and push the corresponding events into the event queue to close the link port or rewriting the routing tables, which is utilized to formulate the link fault or the route fault. Experiment results demonstrate that based on the proposed approach the fault configuration of communication network can be successfully performed with an acceptable compromise at interface interaction delay.