Cost-Efficient QoS-Aware Data Acquisition Point Placement for Advanced Metering Infrastructure

Cost-efficient QoS-Aware Data Acquisition Point Placement for Advanced Metering Infrastructure

In an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), data acquisition points (DAPs) are responsible for collecting traffic from several smart meters and automated devices and transmitting them to the utility control center. Although the problem of optimized data collector placement has already been addressed for wireless broadband and sensor networks, DAP placement is quite a new research area for AMI...

Cost Analysis for a Hybrid Advanced Metering Infrastructure in Korea

Advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) refers to the electricity service infrastructure between electricity consumers and suppliers and is technically essential for the realization of a smart grid environment. To implement AMI, various communications technologies are being used based on the application environment according to the utility. However, using a single communications method can give ...

Advanced Metering Infrastructure Performance

Efficient and Fault-Diagnosable Authentication Scheme for Advanced Metering Infrastructure

The recently emerging Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) is envisioned to be one of the most prominent features of the smart grid. Security, especially authentication, is crucial for the success of large-scale AMI deployment. Unfortunately, AMI’s natural requirements — efficiency, scalability, fault-diagnoses and reliability — cannot be fully satisfied by existing authentication schemes: pe...

Advanced Metering Infrastructure Security Considerations

The purpose of this report is to provide utilities implementing Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) with the knowledge necessary to secure that implementation appropriately. We intend that utilities use this report to guide their planning, procurement, roll-out, and assessment of the security of Advanced Metering Infrastructure. This report discusses threats to the AMI, the likely sources of...