Smart meters are Internet of Things (IoT) devices that measure and transmit data about electricity, water, and gas consumption. Using connected sensors, they share information directly from utility meters.

Several things to consider regarding smart meter communication. We will study the various connectivity solutions for smart meters, the protocols they rely on for data transport, regulations surrounding smart meters, and how to prevent smart meter communication from being intercepted.

Smart Meters Communication Architecture

• Smart meter to gateway communication
• Gateway to cloud communication
• Smart meter to cloud communication

Wireless Protocols Smart Meters Use

There is a range of wireless solutions available for smart meter communication. Since most meters are battery-powered, it’s important for these to be lightweight solutions that conserve power. Most wireless solutions are Low-Power Wide-Area Networks (LPWANs), which use low frequencies so that signals travel farther and use less power.

• LoRaWAN
• Zigbee
• Sigfox
• LTE-M
• NB-IoT
• Wi-Fi
• Z-Wave
• BLE

Data Protocols Smart Meters Use

Smart meters don’t all use the same protocols to communicate, and the standards often vary by region. There are several protocols smart meter manufacturers should be familiar with, including:

• DLMS/COSEM
• ANSI C12.18
• Open Smart Grid Protocol (OSGP)
• TCP/IP
• UDP/IP
• MQTT
• CoAP
• HTTP
• Websockets
• XMPP

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Waleed Hosny has a Ph.D. in wireless communication from 2004, followed by vast hands-on experience in the wireless telecom industry. Waleed had the privilege to contribute to building large-scale wireless networks using different technologies (5G / LTE / WiMAX / WiFi / FWA / mmWave) across different continents and geographies in the USA, Canada, Asia, Middle East, and Africa, with involvement in all phases of construction starting from design, planning, training, monitoring, testing, security, and documentation. His entrepreneurial spirit and teaching talent led him to train hundreds of engineers working in telecommunications worldwide.

Waleed is the CEO and Founder of WH-CONSULT CANADA and an International Principal Telecom Consultant in Wireless RF Engineering, Performance, Security, and Operation.

Before 2013, Waleed worked as an International Senior ICT Consultant for many USAID & CIDA-funded Projects. Waleed is an active technical member of the IEEE Telecommunication Forum and WISPA Group and an International speaker at many Telecom Conferences and Events.