Design and implementation of an AMI emulator for user feature studies

Author

Pedrasa, Jhoanna Rhodette I. ; Valentino, Lorenzo ; Dumlao, Mark Lester ; Pedrasa, Michael Angelo A.

Author_Institution

Univ. of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines

fYear

2014

fDate

20-23 May 2014

Firstpage

366

Lastpage

371

Abstract

Setting up an Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) entails a significant capital outlay, and presents a big risk to the utility as the potential benefits and impacts of an AMI have yet to be fully understood and realized. In this work we present a tool to assess the benefits of the smart grid to the endusers without building the actual expensive AMI infrastructure. We describe the design and implementation of an AMI emulator that emulates the essential functionalities of the communications network as well as the accounting, monitoring and control function of the power distribution utility. We also detail a prepaid metering scheme to demonstrate the functionality of our AMI emulator.

Keywords

electricity supply industry; power distribution economics; smart meters; smart power grids; AMI emulator; AMI infrastructure; accounting function; advanced metering infrastructure; communication network; control function; end users; monitoring function; power distribution utility; prepaid metering scheme; smart grid; Databases; GSM; Mesh networks; Servers; Smart grids; Smart meters; Zigbee;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Innovative Smart Grid Technologies - Asia (ISGT Asia), 2014 IEEE

Conference_Location

Kuala Lumpur

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISGT-Asia.2014.6873819

Filename

6873819