A survey of communication protocols for automatic meter reading applications

IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 168-182

  Khalifa, Tarek ^a   Naik, Kshirasagar ^a   Nayak, Amiya ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automatic meter reading (AMR); smart meters; wireless communications

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION DATA; APPLICATION LEVEL; AUTOMATIC METER READING; COMMUNICATION ABSTRACTION; COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; COMMUNICATION-BASED SYSTEMS; CONTROL DATA; GEOCASTING; INFORMED DECISION; KEY ELEMENTS; METER READINGS; PEAK DEMAND; SECURE COMMUNICATIONS; SIGNALING PROTOCOL; SIP (SESSION INITIATION PROTOCOL); SIP PROTOCOL; SMALL SCALE; SMART METERS; THIRD GENERATION (3G); TIME CONSTRAINTS; UNICASTING; UTILITY COMPANIES; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

AUTOMATION; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; MULTICASTING; PUBLIC UTILITIES; SIGNALING; STANDARDS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

WATER METERS;

EID: 80052024196     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553877X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/SURV.2011.041110.00058     Document Type: Review

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