SG4a CFA Response

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Project IEEE P802.15 Working Group for Wireless
Personal Area Networks (WPANs) Submission Title
Echelon 802.15.4SGa Call for Application
Response Date Submitted November,
2003 Source Vijay Dhingra, Echelon
Corporation Address 550 Meridian Avenue San
Jose, CA, 95126 Voice1 [phone], FAX
, E-Mailvdhingra_at_echelon.com Re This
submission is in response to the committees
request to identify applications enabled by an
alternate 802.15.4 PHY Abstract Water Gas
Meter Reading Application Purpose For
discussion by IEEE 802.15.SG4a Notice This
document has been prepared to assist the IEEE
P802.15. It is offered as a basis for discussion
and is not binding on the contributing
individual(s) or organization(s). The material in
this document is subject to change in form and
content after further study. The contributor(s)
reserve(s) the right to add, amend or withdraw
material contained herein. Release The
contributor acknowledges and accepts that this
contribution becomes the property of IEEE and may
be made publicly available by P802.15.
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IEEE 802.15.4a

• Application
• Water Gas Meter reading

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Application

• Automated Meter Reading (AMR) of Water and Gas
  meter with Electric meters wirelessly
• Electric meters collects data from Water Gas
  meters and sends data over the power lines
• Data can also be displayed to the consumers

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Required Characteristics

• Low power requirements
• Battery life 10 to 15 years
• Distance 100 to 300 meters
• Multipath
• Low data rate
• Less than 100kbps
• 20 bytes every 8 hours
• Low overhead network communication protocol
• Self provisioning
• Location Determination needed for installation

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A typical multi Family AMR solution with RF PLC
Network System
Power Lines
PLC
PLC
PLC
Electric Meter (PLC Communications)
Electric Meter (PLC Communications)
In-Home Display
In-Home Display
Data Concentrator
RF
RF
Internet
Water and/or Gas Meter
RF
RF
RF
RF
Host PC