Cost optimization of wireless-enabled metering infrastructures
First Claim
1. A system for managing cost in a wireless enabled advanced metering infrastructure, the system comprising:
- (a) a remote server;
(b) a wide area network coupled to the remote server;
(c) one or more access points coupled to the remote server through the wide area network,(d) at least one neighborhood area network that includes one or more wireless enabled meters;
(e) one or more datasink nodes wherein each datasink node is configured to have a datasink function, to be a data coordinator, to receive metering information from the one or more wireless enabled meters, to process metering information, and to transmit metering information to at least one access point;
(f) wherein each wireless enabled meter is configured to be a node, wherein the node is at least one of a routing node and an endpoint node;
(g) wherein a first set of wireless enabled meters are configured to be one or more routing nodes and a second set of wireless enabled meters are configured to be one or more end point nodes based on a graph theoretic algorithm and each wireless enabled meter is set to a minimum power level based on a bridging distance to a neighboring meter;
(h) wherein implementing the graph theoretic algorithm results in generating a spanning tree that increases a ratio of wireless enabled meters to access points.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure include a system for managing cost in a wireless enabled advanced metering infrastructure (AMI). The system includes a remote server, a wide area network, and an access point device. The system further includes wireless enabled meters coupled to each other and to the access point through a neighborhood area network (NAN). The system includes datasinks. Each datasink is a wireless enabled meter capable of being a data coordinator and capable of receiving metering information from the sensors, processing metering information, and transmitting metering information to the access point. Moreover, each wireless enabled meter is capable of being a routing node and an endpoint node. Also, a first set of wireless enabled meters are configured to be routing nodes and a second set of wireless enabled meters are configured to be endpoint nodes based on a graph theoretic algorithm to reduce the cost of the AMI.
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28 Claims
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1. A system for managing cost in a wireless enabled advanced metering infrastructure, the system comprising:
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(a) a remote server; (b) a wide area network coupled to the remote server; (c) one or more access points coupled to the remote server through the wide area network, (d) at least one neighborhood area network that includes one or more wireless enabled meters; (e) one or more datasink nodes wherein each datasink node is configured to have a datasink function, to be a data coordinator, to receive metering information from the one or more wireless enabled meters, to process metering information, and to transmit metering information to at least one access point; (f) wherein each wireless enabled meter is configured to be a node, wherein the node is at least one of a routing node and an endpoint node; (g) wherein a first set of wireless enabled meters are configured to be one or more routing nodes and a second set of wireless enabled meters are configured to be one or more end point nodes based on a graph theoretic algorithm and each wireless enabled meter is set to a minimum power level based on a bridging distance to a neighboring meter; (h) wherein implementing the graph theoretic algorithm results in generating a spanning tree that increases a ratio of wireless enabled meters to access points. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method for managing cost in a wireless enabled advanced metering infrastructure, the method comprising:
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(a) configuring one or more datasink nodes with a datasink function and to be a data coordinator (b) receiving and processing, by the one or more datasink nodes, metering information from one or more wireless enabled meters wherein a neighborhood area network includes the one or more wireless enabled meters; (c) transmitting metering information to at least one access point; (d) wherein each wireless enabled meter is configured to be a node, wherein the node is at least one of a routing node and an endpoint node; (e) wherein a first set of wireless enabled meters are configured to be one or more routing nodes and a second set of wireless enabled meters are configured to be one or more end point nodes based on a graph theoretic algorithm and to configure each wireless enabled meter to a minimum power level based on a bridging distance to a neighboring meter; (f) wherein implementing the graph theoretic algorithm results in generating a spanning tree that increases a ratio of the one or more wireless enabled meters to access points. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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