Solutions for the "Silent node" problem in an automatic meter reading system using power-line communications

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 150-156

  Gao, Q ^a   Yu, J Y ^a   Chong, P H J ^a   So, P L ^a   Gunawan, E ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Automatic meter reading (AMR); Polling; Power line communications (PLC)

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; ELECTRIC RELAYS; MARKOV PROCESSES; TELECOMMUNICATION LINES;

AUTOMATIC METER READING; POLLING; POWER-LINE COMMUNICATION;

ELECTRIC LINES;

EID: 37749038892     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2007.910990     Document Type: Article

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