Low power radio enables the business case for automatic meter reading (AMR) to be satisfied. The Metscan system has developed for British Gas features a very efficient use of the radio spectrum. The author describes Metscan's Systematik 3000is product and the suitability of low-power radio for AMR.<
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Currently, there are many technologies available to automate public utilities services (water, gas and electricity). AMR, Automated Meter Reading, and SCADA, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition, are the main functions that these technologies must support. In this paper, we propose a low cost network with a similar architecture to a static ad-hoc sensor network based on low power and unlicensed radio. Topological parameters for this network are analyzed to obtain optimal performances and to derive a pseudo-range criterion to create an application-specific spanning tree for polling optimization purposes. In application layer services, we analytically study different polling schemes.

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The business case for radio based AMR

Automated Meter Reading and SCADA Application for Wireless Sensor Network

This paper introduces OLIMPO, an useful simulation tool for researchers who are developing wireless sensor communication protocols. OLIMPO is a discrete-event simulator design to be easily reconfigured by the user, providing a way to design, develop and test communication protocols. In particular, we have designed a self-organizing wireless sensor network for low data rate. Our premise is that, due to their inherent spread location over large areas, wireless sensor networks are well-suited for SCADA applications, which require relatively simple control and monitoring. To show the facilities of our simulator, we have studied our network protocol with OLIMPO, developing several simulations. The purpose of these simulations is to demonstrate, quantitatively, the capability of our network to support this kind of applications.

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OLIMPO, an ad-hoc wireless sensor simulator for public utilities applications

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The business case for radio based AMR

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Automated Meter Reading and SCADA Application for Wireless Sensor Network

OLIMPO, an ad-hoc wireless sensor simulator for public utilities applications

Olimpo, an ad-hoc wireless sensor network simulator for optimal scada-applications

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