The continuing rollout of advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) systems has lead to greater efficiency for utility companies collecting energy, gas, and water consumption data. Replacing manual readings with automated metering systems can reduce labor costs as a first-order benefit. More importantly, automated systems allow higher-order benefits and services that the utility company can conven...

Advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) is the core component in smart grid. Moreover, two-way communication between the user and the power utility is realized through AMI. Composition of AMI is described. AMI security requirements are illustrated. The threats on the smart meters, communications network, and data collector are analyzed, respectively. Passive and active defenses are investigated....

In this paper, we describe the development of smart meter using Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI). This entails transport of metering data from energy consumer’s premises to the data management systems of energy provider using a practical mesh networking solution to realize metering communication. When the demand in the grid increases with decreased amount of power generated, this in turn ...

Smart Grid is the modern infrastructure of the electric grid whose objective is to improve efficiency, reliability, and security. This is achieved through the control automation of the transmission and distribution lines, the enhancement of metering technologies, the implementation of renewable energy sources, and new energy management techniques. The growing demand of energy, changes in global...