Carnegie Mellon University
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Dr. Rahul Tongia
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Draft – Subject to Change
Technologies vs. Capabilities
Possible Future
Current Efforts
Past
Real-Time
control;
DSM
Full
(connect
/ disconnect);
Extending
signaling
to appliances
Built-in
(on-chip)*
*Can do much more than Automated Meter Reading (AMR)
High (network
level)
Arbitrarily
high
Next Gen. Meter and integrated IT system (proposed)
Historical usage reads only
Limited
External;
AMR
potential
Node only
high
Digital
(solid state)
nil
expensive add-on
poor
low
(has threshold issues for low usage)
Electro-mechanical Meter
Capabilities
Control
Communications
Theft
Detection
Accuracy
Source:
Tongia (2003)