Smart metering: A GSM approach in Ghana

Azasoo, Julius Quarshie; Boateng, Kwame Osei

doi:10.1109/icastech.2012.6381085

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“…Periodic readings of electricity meters establish billing cycles and energy used during a period. With the growth of technical development, these meters are made to become more interactive where they communicate their metering and control information to and fro base stations interactively [9]. One such meter is the ZigBeebased smart power meter [36,37].…”

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“…However, some smart metering scientists outlined these functions of a smart meter [9]; Smart meters display energy consumption to suppliers and consumers, makes it possible to check billing and consumption data on PCs and mobile phones. They are cost effective even when the initial investment is high, and ensure accurate and timely bills.…”

Section: Smart Meters and Smart Metering Infrastructurementioning

confidence: 99%

“…3. Other smart metering requirements include remote accessibility allowing the following specific requirements [9]:…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The essence of using smart meters in the management of power is to help improve on cash flow, reduce credit and arrears collection costs, avoid deposits and monthly bills as well as reconnect charges, and many more [9]. These benefits must be considered in terms of cost of deploying the smart meters.…”

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confidence: 99%

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A Retrofit Design Science Methodology for Smart Metering Design in Developing Countries

Azasoo

Boateng

2015

2015 15th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications

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Traditional meters present both the users and utilities providers with various challenges in developing countries. For instance utility providers must get access to their users' premises to be able to read these meters or check fraudulent connections. Users on the other hand have to wait for months or more before knowing their utility consumptions or join long queues to purchase credit for the post-payment and prepayment meters respectively. This paper seeks to propose a design that retrofits traditional meters on site into smart meters by adding embedded units for communication and control. The study was conducted using a modified Design Science Methodology referred to as Retrofit Design Science Research Methodology (RDSRM). RDSRM argues that, the artifact in context (Smart Meter) has undergone evaluation and acceptance as critical for solving a defined problem and that there are enough literature to support its relevance. The traditional meters were studied and the proposed system was designed using General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) technology for communication, and Peripheral Interface Controller (PIC). Network based applications were developed to present both the consumers and the utilities with the ability to interact with the meters remotely. An attempt was made to address identified security issues of smart metering by using Message Digest 5 (MD5) Algorithm in the design. The system was evaluated based on smart metering requirements. The GPRS Retrofitted Smart Metering System (GRSMS) will reduce the cost of deploying smart meters.

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Section: Smart Meters and Smart Metering Infrastructurementioning

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“…3. Other smart metering requirements include remote accessibility allowing the following specific requirements [9]:…”

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confidence: 99%

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A Retrofit Design Science Methodology for Smart Metering Design in Developing Countries

Azasoo

Boateng

2015

2015 15th International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications

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“…Numerous amount of research focused on using GSM based meters. In [12][13][14], a GSM energy meter was developed and a database that provides the information to the costumer. The paper in [15] [18] and Wi-Fi in [19].…”

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Experimental study and design of smart energy meter for the smart grid

Arif

Hussain

Almutairi

et al. 2013

2013 International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)

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Abstract� The demand for energy is increasing as a result of the growth in both population and industrial development. To improve the energy efficiency, consumers need to be more aware of their energy consumption. In recent years, utilities have started developing new electric energy meters which are known as smart meters. A smart meter is a digital energy meter that measures the consumption of electrical energy and provides other additional information as compared to the traditional energy meter. The aim is to provide the consumer and supplier an easy way to monitor the energy. Smart meters are considered a key component of the smart grid as these will allow more interactivity between the consu mers and the provider. Smart meters will enable two-way and real-time communication between the consumers and the provider. Considering the increase of electricity demand in Saudi Arabia, smart meters can decrease the overall energy consumption. This paper presents the development of a GSM and ZigBee based smart meter. This meter can measure the energy and send the information to the service provider, who can store this information and notify the consumer through SMS messages or through the internet.I.called smart and they are also the difference between the traditional energy meter and the smart meter. The idea of AMR technology is to do the meter reading automatically and accurate. The benefit of AMR is reducing the meter cost to the supplier and billing the customers with actual meter readings.In addition, AMR will increase the accuracy of the readings and it can allow frequent reading [2]. Smart meters are able to send the readings over communication lines and recognize their addresses and to activate/deactivate internal modules. To have that capability, AMR requires a specific infrastructure which would make it bidirectional. Such an infrastructure is called AMI. The communication medium in an AMI system must ensure the communication between the smart meters and the central computer at the service provider. The AMI network has the ability to register meter points, communicate into the customer premises, service connecting and disconnecting and other

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