Advanced Metering Infrastructure in the context of Smart Grids

Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) is a core infrastructure for the implementation of Smart Grid system, and is a main mechanism for the realization of other smart grid applications to deliver operational and business benefits across the utility. In this paper, we have discussed several on-going standardization activities focusing on M2M enabled smart metering architecture, device and network management and interoperability issues, and we proposed flexible middleware layered platform that integrates M2M communications and metering infrastructure management.