Zigbee automatic meter reading system - beeline of metering

Author

Lam, Ka Lun ; Tung, Hoi Yan ; Lee, Lap To ; Tsang, Kim Fung

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., City Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

fYear

2008

fDate

16-20 Dec. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

To improve the efficiency and accuracy of metering, automatic meter reading (AMR) system has been discussed and used for a long time. AMR is the technology of automatically collecting data from water meter or energy metering devices (water, gas, electricity) and transferring the data to a central database for billing and/or analyzing. This means that billing can be based on actual consumption rather than an estimate based on previous consumption, giving customers a better control of their use of electric energy, gas usage, or water consumption. In this paper, a ZigBee AMR system called beeline of metering (BeMe) is described.

Keywords

computerised instrumentation; metering; radio networks; ZigBee automatic meter reading system; beeline of metering system; billing; central database; energy metering devices; water meter; Automatic meter reading; Costs; Databases; Fuels; Humans; Meter reading; Personal digital assistants; Radio frequency; Wireless sensor networks; ZigBee;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Conference, 2008. APMC 2008. Asia-Pacific

Conference_Location

Macau

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2641-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2642-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APMC.2008.4958086

Filename

4958086