Most of current smart substation relay protection systems adopt the “direct sampling & direct trip” mode
with such inadequacies as too many device light ports and fiber optical cables
configuration complexity
maintenance difficulty
etc. It is proved by an analysis of generic object oriented substation event (GOOSE) message transmission latency that network transmission delay is small. Compared with network trip
direct trip has no advantage. The security of GOOSE network trip is analyzed
the result showing that the bay switch and maintenance virtual local area network (VLAN) can enhance the safety during maintenance. The network trip key technology and verification test plan are put forward for secondary equipment
as are network schemes and constraint conditions of network trip for relay protection.