Smart Energy Meter (SEM) with Adaptive Communication Data Transfer Method

EasyChair Preprint 14259

Abstract

Smart Meter (SM) is an intelligent device with additional functions which include the ability to measure and record energy consumption and allows two-way communication with the utility for automated monitoring, and accurate billing management. Most developed countries have implemented SM in their electricity industries for different purposes, for example, energy conservation due to high-cost energy consumption, minimizing electricity cost, increasing the energy efficiency of the distribution areas, providing better energy information, and reducing carbon emissions. The obvious problem in this SM is it uses a single communication system as there was no contingency plan in transferring the data when the signal strength was weak. Thus, a new Smart Energy Meter (SEM) with an adaptive data transfer algorithm has been designed to accommodate the problem. The prototype of SEM is designed with control devices and sensors that can measure and record the data using three types of communication systems in one device; Wi-Fi, GSM, and RF. The idea of combining three types of wireless communication is to ensure the data is fully transferred to the data center accurately and promptly. The selection of communication to transfer the SEM data is arranged by comparing the received signal strength indicator (RSSI) of Wi-Fi and GSM value with the priority given to Wi-Fi, followed by GSM and RF. The prototype has been tested on a laboratory scale to check its performance and the data was successfully transferred fully without failed and received by the data center.

Keyphrases: GSM, RF, Smart Energy Meter, Smart Meter, Wi-Fi

@booklet{EasyChair:14259,
  author    = {Haizum Hanim Ab Halim and Nashiren Farzilah Mailah and Mohammad Lutfi Othman and Noor Izzri Abdul Wahab and Norhisam Misron},
  title     = {Smart Energy Meter (SEM) with Adaptive Communication Data Transfer Method},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 14259},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2024}}