APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANAGING POWER EQUIPMENT IN ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORK
First Claim
1. An apparatus for managing power equipments in an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) network, the apparatus comprising:
- an opt-out declaring unit to declare an opt-out of a first power equipment from a load control group in response to an input of consumer manipulation; and
an opt-out processing unit to process the declared opt-out by providing, to a consumer, a list of power equipments included in the load control group in response to the declared opt-out, in the opt-out declaring unit.
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Abstract
Provided is an apparatus and method for managing a power equipment in an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) network included in a smart grid network. According to an aspect of the present invention, an apparatus and method for managing a power equipment in an AMI network may provide a load control environment enabling a power equipment to declare an opt-out when another power equipment declares an opt-out by providing a list of power equipments included in a load control group in response to a power equipment declaring an opt-out of the load control group so as to process an opt-out of a power equipment selected from the list.
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1. An apparatus for managing power equipments in an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) network, the apparatus comprising:
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an opt-out declaring unit to declare an opt-out of a first power equipment from a load control group in response to an input of consumer manipulation; and an opt-out processing unit to process the declared opt-out by providing, to a consumer, a list of power equipments included in the load control group in response to the declared opt-out, in the opt-out declaring unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of managing power equipments in an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) network, the method comprising:
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declaring an opt-out of a first power equipment from a load control group in response to an input of consumer manipulation; providing, to a consumer, a list of power equipments included in the load control group in response to the declared opt-out; and processing an opt-out of a power equipment selected from the list. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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