Title : 
A smart energy meter architecture in Indian context
         
        
            Author : 
Prudhvi, Potuganti ; Bhalodi, Dhruv ; Manohar, Manikant ; Padidela, Vamshi ; Adapa, Sudarshan
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of EEE, NIT Warangal, Warangal, India
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
This paper introduces a low cost Smart Meter Architecture to suit vast and diverse Indian market. An extensive review on Smart Meters research and market has been presented. In addition, we propose a low cost add-on device for the existing electromechanical energy meters to update the customers about the billing and usage. A discussion on available and feasible communication technologies is included and the most relevant solution with cost analysis is proposed.
         
        
            Keywords : 
automatic meter reading; costing; invoicing; power engineering computing; power markets; power meters; Indian market; billing; cost analysis; electromechanical energy meter; feasible communication technology; low cost add-on device; smart energy meter architecture; smart meter market; smart meter research; Context; GSM; IEEE 802.11 Standards; Reliability; Strips; Zigbee; Cost analysis; GSM; IR sensor; Smart Meter; ZigBee;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Environment and Electrical Engineering (EEEIC), 2012 11th International Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Venice
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4577-1830-4
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/EEEIC.2012.6221576