NDLI: Intelligent, low-power and low-cost measurement system for energy consumption

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Author	Minosi, A. Martinola, A. Mankan, S. Balzarini, F. Kostadinov, A.N. Prevostini, A.
Copyright Year	2003
Description	Author affiliation: Adv. Learning & Res. Inst., Univ. of Lugano, Switzerland (Minosi, A.; Martinola, A.; Mankan, S.; Balzarini, F.; Kostadinov, A.N.; Prevostini, A.)
Abstract	In the area of utility measurement systems, there is increasing awareness to the importance of using intelligent and secure meter readers. The aim is not simply that reducing operational costs; aspects such as availability of real-time determination of consumption (mainly in the case of energy meters, but potentially also for water consumption, etc.) are relevant not only for actions such as real-time billing but also in view of an increasing environmental awareness leading to "preferential" billing in particular times of the day or of the week and requiring availability of fine-grained statistics. All these actions in turn involve the requirement of data integrity; when utilities other than power providers are considered, the device should be battery-powered (and very long battery life must be granted), so that low-power design becomes a further requirement while being permanently either in active or in standby mode; moreover, not being connected to the power network means that wireless connections for transmitting and receiving information must be taken into account. Finally, these deices should be made available to the general public and thus be low-cost ones. This paper describes how all the above constraints have been analyzed in the design of a wireless meter reading system.
Sponsorship	IEEE Instrum. & Meas. Soc. TC-15 - Tech. Committee on Virtual Environ. TC-27 - Tech. Committee on Human-Comput. Interfaces & Interactions TC-28 - Tech. Committee on Robotics & Autom
Starting Page	125
Ending Page	130
File Size	496676
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0780377850
DOI	10.1109/VECIMS.2003.1227042
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2003-07-27
Publisher Place	Switzerland
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Energy measurement Energy consumption Costs Statistics Humans Unified modeling language Watthour meters Meter reading Electric variables measurement Energy management
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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