Advanced metering infrastructure performance using European low‐voltage power line communication networks

• DOI: 10.1049/iet-com.2013.0793
• Publication Date: 2014-04-28T18:15:22Z
• Authors: Javier Matanza; Sadot Alexandres; Carlos Rodríguez‐...
• Keywords: Metering mode; Line (geometry); Power-line communication

Power line communication has recently attracted the attention of energy companies as a useful and natural technology for building advanced metering infrastructure. In this context, device language message specification/companion specification (DLMS/COSEM) is an increasingly popular standardised application protocol between utilities their customers. This study analyses performance that can be expected when using power technology, powerline intelligent evolution (PRIME), to send DLMS/COSEM messages. Physical phenomena – such background impulsive noise sources, channel attenuation multi‐path effect are taken into account during first step in evaluation technology's physical layer. metric then used upper layers compute packet error rate. An analysis carried out at layer terms latency different environments. Several simulations performed European low‐voltage topology number metres read within 15 min. These were MATLAB OMNeT++ software.