Novel scheme for reducing communication data traffic in advanced metering infrastructure networks

Author(s):  
Sun-Yuan Hsieh ◽  
Chih-Wei Hsu ◽  
Cheng-Han Yeh ◽  
Geng-Hua Zhang
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chih-Wei Hsu ◽  
Sun-Yuan Hsieh

Internet of Things technology has advanced rapidly. For example, numerous sensors can be deployed in a city to collect a variety of data, and such data can be used to monitor the city’s situation. A possible application of such data is smart metering implemented by power suppliers for their consumers; smart metering involves installing a multiplicity of smart meters that, in conjunction with data centers, form a smart grid. Because a smart gird must collect and send data automatically, the establishment of advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) constitutes the primary step to establishing a smart grid. However, problems remain in smart metering: data traffic from smart meters flows rapidly at a huge volume, resulting in bandwidth bottlenecks. Thus, this chapter proposes some data compression technologies as well as a novel scheme for reducing the communication data load in AMI architectures.


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