Reliable control strategy based on sliding mode observer against FDI attacks in smart grid

Abstract This paper is concerned with the reliable operation of cyber‐physical systems under false data injection attacks. First of all, a robust adaptive sliding mode observer is designed to estimate the state of the power system; different from the traditional sliding mode observer, the observer we designed is not only robust to state errors but also can automatically adjust the parameter of attack identification. Secondly, a method of attack reconstruction has been given to estimate the actual attack signal. Finally, a reliable sliding mode control strategy is proposed to eliminate the impact of false data injection attacks; compared with the existing results, the designed defense strategy utilizes the reconstructed attack signal in the attack identification scheme and state error signal at the same time. Moreover, a power system with 3 generator buses and 6 load buses is taken as an simulation example to verify the availability of the proposed control strategy.