Evaluation of wireless smart metering technologies in realistic indoor channels

Author

Langhammer, Nils ; Kays, Ruediger

Author_Institution

Commun. Technol. Inst., Tech. Univ. Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany

fYear

2011

fDate

6-9 Nov. 2011

Firstpage

387

Lastpage

391

Abstract

The European energy system is currently evolving into a smart grid, and the transmission of metering values between smart meters is gaining increasing importance. Since wireless technologies have a high flexibility and can be easily integrated into existing installations, it is feasible to use them for transmission of metering values. This paper presents an evaluation of wireless smart metering standards operating in the 868 MHz frequency band according to European regulation. The standards are compared by evaluating the indoor coverage range and the energy consumption.

Keywords

automatic meter reading; indoor radio; power consumption; radiotelemetry; smart power grids; wireless channels; European energy system; European regulation; energy consumption; frequency 868 MHz; indoor coverage range evaluation; metering value transmission; realistic indoor channel; smart grid; wireless smart metering technology; Attenuation; Buildings; Energy consumption; IEEE 802.15 Standards; Transceivers; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks; Coverage Range; Energy Model; IEEE 802.15.4; Smart Grid Communications; Smart Metering; Wireless M-Bus;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS), 2011 8th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Aachen

ISSN

2154-0217

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-403-9

Electronic_ISBN

2154-0217

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISWCS.2011.6125389

Filename

6125389