Title :
Wireless communication protocols for smart metering applications in power distribution networks
Author :
Rafiei, Mojtaba ; Elmi, S. Mostafa ; Zare, Akbar
Author_Institution :
West Tehran Province Power Distrib. Co., Karaj, Iran
Abstract :
In the last two decades, smart metering has attracted more attentions. Distribution utilities are replacing mechanical meters with smart ones and traditional meter reading is being replaced with the new smart metering approaches. Communication technology plays an important role to provide a fast, reliable and secure smart metering system. Variety of communication protocols exist for smart metering. In this paper, different wireless communication protocols are compared and two individual scenarios based on wireless protocols are presented. Scenario 1 is combination of WiFi and Wimax protocols and scenario 2 is combination of Whitefi and Bluetooth protocols.
Keywords :
Bluetooth; WiMax; distribution networks; power system measurement; protocols; wireless LAN; Bluetooth protocol; WiFi protocol; Wimax protocol; communication technology; meter reading; power distribution networks; smart metering; whitefi protocol; wireless communication protocols; Bluetooth; Communication system security; IEEE 802.11 Standards; Protocols; WiMAX; communication technology; smart metering; wireless protocols;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical Power Distribution Networks (EPDC), 2012 Proceedings of 17th Conference on
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1418-3
