A pilot AMR system based on WIMAX and WSN

Author

Li, Tinghua ; Huang, Ming ; Shi, Jihong ; Yang, Jingjing ; Yu, Jiang ; Hu, Jingsong

Author_Institution

Sch. of Inf. Sci. & Eng., Yunnan Univ., Kunming, China

fYear

2010

fDate

Nov. 29 2010-Dec. 2 2010

Firstpage

1176

Lastpage

1179

Abstract

Nowadays wireless communication has become ubiquitous around the world and its application for gauging consumption of utilities by customers is rapidly gaining pace, not only in the developed world but also in the developing countries. In this paper, we propose a automatic meter reading (AMR) system which is a combination of wireless sensor network (WSN) and worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) technology, and its feasibility and effectiveness are verified by the experiment in Yuxi city, Yunnan province, China. Results show that both A-C and A-B-D communication links have excellent link quality, and the success rates of meter reading are about 100%. The packet loss rates were close to zero, and the average delays were 32ms and 33ms, respectively, while 1000 packets were sent.

Keywords

WiMax; automatic meter reading; wireless sensor networks; A-B-D communication links; A-C communication links; WiMAX; automatic meter reading system; pilot AMR system; time 32 ms; time 33 ms; wireless sensor network; worldwide interoperability for microwave access technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas Propagation and EM Theory (ISAPE), 2010 9th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Guangzhou

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-6906-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISAPE.2010.5696689

Filename

5696689