Upgrading the AMI Success Rate Based on Composite Communication Technology
This paper reviews the present situation of the advanced metering infrastructure(AMI) construction and the problems existing in the power line carrier (PLC) communication and micropower wireless communication, and then presents a scheme of local AMI channels based on the composite communication technology. A comparison is made on the effects of the schemes adopting the three different technologies of the power line carrier, the micropower wireless communication and the composite communication technology. Study on the results of the on-site test of the AMI system conducted in Jiangxi suggests that the scheme of local AMI channels based on the composite communication technology possesses advantages such as high real-time reading rate, good communication effect and steady operational status.