|
|
|
| Smart Grid White Paper |
| |
| » Concluding Remarks |
AMI implementation approaches will certainly depend on utilities' consideration on their services, geography, subscriber density, and long term vision. Although several advanced technologies exist today, each of them represents unique benefits and applications. BPL definitely is an attractive choice. Common requirements to a viable and cost effective solution for their AMI project are being determined as followings:
Performance and Security
• Minimum bandwidth for operation
• Secure transmission
Plug-and-Play Installation and Configuration
• PnP network configuration
• Firmware downloadable to equipment
• Low power consumption of equipment
Standard Based
• Standard interface for easy integration
• TCP/IP Based
Scalability
• Flexibility in adding nodes
• Bandwidth to meet future demands and business applications
• Re-use common infrastructure
Network Routing Reconfiguration and Optimization
• Automatically recovery and re-configured when failure
Availability of Communication Services from Carriers or other providers
• Broadband over Power Lines, as demonstrated in many deployments worldwide, is designed to meet the needs of those requirements. |
| |
|
| |
|
|
