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These systems use a set of sensors distributed between different electrical substations to gather real-time measurements from the field. These sensors are called Phasor Measurement Units (PMUs). Using the gathered data, different monitoring, protection, and control algorithms are run in a Phasor Data Concentrator (PDC) located in a central location. These algorithms close the loop via the generation of remedial commands, which are sent back to the field level with stringent delay, security, and reliability requirements. GOOSE (Generic Object Oriented Substation Events) protocol, defined by IEC 61850 (IEC stands for International Electrotechnical Commission), is used for that aim and also considers the option of sending these commands over IP networks (this option is called Routed-GOOSE). The present article proposes two alternatives for the tunneling of GOOSE frames over IP. Both options allow the decoupling of the transmission and the security aspects, thus increasing flexibility and allowing for easier deployment. The first option, called VX-GOOSE, is a combination of standard protocols, allowing the sending of these frames over UDP\/IP tunnels. The tests that have been carried out demonstrate that, under certain network conditions, the transmission of GOOSE frames over UDP may fail, and in some extreme cases, even a whole burst of GOOSEs could be lost. This may have very bad consequences for a distributed electrical system. It should be noted that this limitation affects both VX-GOOSE and Routed-GOOSE. To overcome these limitations, the second option, called Simplemux blast mode, includes a novel mechanism that provides delivery guarantees and a reduced delay, with the counterpart of a certain degree of redundancy. As shown in the experiments, the incurred delays can be significantly reduced when remote locations are connected via unreliable networks, whereas the bandwidth increase caused by redundancy can be kept at reasonable levels. Finally, it should be remarked that although GOOSE is a relevant example use case, this approach can be applied in other fields where flows require very low delay and delivery guarantees.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s23218879","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,11,1]],"date-time":"2023-11-01T03:29:33Z","timestamp":1698809373000},"page":"8879","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Fast and Reliable Sending of Generic Object Oriented Substation Event Frames between Remote Locations over Loss-Prone Networks"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"23","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6977-6363","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jose","family":"Saldana","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"CIRCE Technology Center, Avenida Ranillas, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3643-3302","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"An\u00edbal Antonio","family":"Prada Hurtado","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CIRCE Technology Center, Avenida Ranillas, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain"}]},{"given":"Eduardo","family":"Martinez Carrasco","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CIRCE Technology Center, Avenida Ranillas, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain"}]},{"given":"Yasmina","family":"Galve","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CIRCE Technology Center, Avenida Ranillas, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain"}]},{"given":"Jes\u00fas","family":"Torres","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CIRCE Technology Center, Avenida Ranillas, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,11,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Castello, P., Gallus, G., Muscas, C., Pegoraro, P.A., Sitzia, D., Campisano, L., Giannuzzi, G.M., Maiolini, C., and Pau, P. 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