EMMNet: Sensor Networking for Electricity Meter Monitoring

Sensors

Zhi-Ting Lin²  Jie Zheng²  Yu-Sheng Ji³  Bao-Hua Zhao²  Yu-Gui Qu²  Xu-Dong Huang¹ 

[1] Hangao Electronics Co., Ltd. Anhui, China; E-Mail:;School of Computer Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230027, China; E-Mails:;National Institute of Informatics, Tokyo, 101-8430, Japan; E-Mail:

关键词: smart sensor;    electricity meter monitoring;    dynamic tree protocol;    application;   

DOI  :  10.3390/s100706307

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

Smart sensors are emerging as a promising technology for a large number of application domains. This paper presents a collection of requirements and guidelines that serve as a basis for a general smart sensor architecture to monitor electricity meters. It also presents an electricity meter monitoring network, named EMMNet, comprised of data collectors, data concentrators, hand-held devices, a centralized server, and clients. EMMNet provides long-distance communication capabilities, which make it suitable suitable for complex urban environments. In addition, the operational cost of EMMNet is low, compared with other existing remote meter monitoring systems based on GPRS. A new dynamic tree protocol based on the application requirements which can significantly improve the reliability of the network is also proposed. We are currently conducting tests on five networks and investigating network problems for further improvements. Evaluation results indicate that EMMNet enhances the efficiency and accuracy in the reading, recording, and calibration of electricity meters.

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