Virtualization of Protection and Control in IEC 61850 Substations White Paper

This white paper examines the system aspects and technical requirements for implementing Virtualization of Protection and Control (VPC) in IEC 61850-based digital substations, including performance benchmarks and deployment results from centralized protection and control (CPC). It covers virtualization technology, networking, cyber security, testing, and hardware acceleration, with detailed oscillographic waveform performance data for protection functions.