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The rapid increase of energy consumption and the rapid development of renewable energy such as solar and wind energy have stimulated the development of energy networks to a more intelligent direction. The smart meter is the most fundamental component of the intelligent energy networks.The smart meter system is made up of two parts- smart meters which replace your traditional gas and electricity me...
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What is PLC (Power Line Communication) & AMI (Advanced Metering Infrastructure)?PLC (Power Line Communication) uses existing power line’s technology that establish communications network and provide two-way voice, data, video and multimedia services.AMI (Advanced Metering Infrastructure) is an infrastructure technology that uses various communication backbones such as PLC, Wi-SUN, Zigbee, high...
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The smart meter system consists of two parts - the smart meter, which records information such as consumption of energy, current, voltage, etc., and the In-home display (IHD) - a portable screen that shows you how much energy you're using and how much it's costing you. The smart meter and IHD work together to ensure you receive accurate information about your energy use.In-home displays ar...
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What is Gateway?Gateway is a network node that connects two networks using different protocols together, it also acts as a "gate" between two networks. It may be a router, server, or other device that enables data to follow in and out of the network.Gateway is also called protocol converter, which can communicate between two networks using the same protocol or different protocol. As an i...
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Power Line Communication (PLC) is a technology which allows data to be transmitted by existing power lines. With this technology, we can use the power line which transmits the current as the communication carrier, load and transmit the high-frequency signal which includes the information by the power line, and finally use the special demodulator to separate the signal and send it to the terminal e...
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Data concentrator unit (DCU) is the key equipment of Smart Grid system, utilizing GPRS, CDMA or Ethernet to communicate with the MDMS and electricity meters. It’s a microcomputer intelligent acquisition terminal including the functions of acquisition, statistic and wireless communication.DCU can collect the data of meters and sensors located throughout the grid, then process and transmit the data ...
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