CA2631140A1 - Programming electronic meter settings using a bandwidth limited communications channel - Google Patents

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CA2631140A1
CA2631140A1 CA002631140A CA2631140A CA2631140A1 CA 2631140 A1 CA2631140 A1 CA 2631140A1 CA 002631140 A CA002631140 A CA 002631140A CA 2631140 A CA2631140 A CA 2631140A CA 2631140 A1 CA2631140 A1 CA 2631140A1
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Andrew J. Borleske
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
    • G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
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    • H04L67/06—Protocols specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
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    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
    • H04L67/00—Network arrangements or protocols for supporting network services or applications
    • H04L67/01—Protocols
    • H04L67/12—Protocols specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
    • H04L67/125—Protocols specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks involving control of end-device applications over a network
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01D—MEASURING NOT SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR A SPECIFIC VARIABLE; ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEASURING TWO OR MORE VARIABLES NOT COVERED IN A SINGLE OTHER SUBCLASS; TARIFF METERING APPARATUS; MEASURING OR TESTING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • G01D2204/00—Indexing scheme relating to details of tariff-metering apparatus
    • G01D2204/40—Networks; Topology
    • G01D2204/45—Utility meters networked together within a single building
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02B—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS
    • Y02B90/00—Enabling technologies or technologies with a potential or indirect contribution to GHG emissions mitigation
    • Y02B90/20—Smart grids as enabling technology in buildings sector
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y04—INFORMATION OR COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES HAVING AN IMPACT ON OTHER TECHNOLOGY AREAS
    • Y04S—SYSTEMS INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO POWER NETWORK OPERATION, COMMUNICATION OR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING THE ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION, MANAGEMENT OR USAGE, i.e. SMART GRIDS
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    • Y04S20/30—Smart metering, e.g. specially adapted for remote reading

Abstract

A system for transferring a sequence of actions to an electronic meter through a bandwidth limited communications channel. The sequence of actions is programmed as a program file that is broken into pieces for transmission to the electronic meter. The pieces are received by the electronic meter, verified not to contain errors, and combined into a single program session. Any errors in the transmission are noted in a status table and the program file is retransmitted. Upon receipt of an execute command, the program session is commenced. After the session has completed the status table is updated. Thus, the electronic meter may be programmed in a programming session that contains more data than can be transferred via the bandwidth limited communications channel.

Claims (20)

1. A system for communicating data to a electronic meter over a bandwidth limited network, comprising:
a controller having a network scheduler;
a radio interface at said electronic meter that receives said data from said controller; and a network interface at said node that processes said data, wherein said controller communicates said data in pieces to said electronic meter, and wherein said network interface stores each piece in memory such that the pieces are combined in a memory buffer to be executed together within said electronic meter.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein each piece is processed to determine the existence of errors.
3. The system of claim 2, wherein an acknowledgment is returned from said electronic meter to said controller to acknowledge receipt of each piece.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein said pieces contained in said memory buffer are committed in a session to program said electronic meter.
5. The system of claim 4, wherein the results of said session are recorded in a status table to be read by said controller.
6. The system of claim 1, wherein said network interface determines if a command to execute has been received and said network controller queries a status table within said electronic meter to determine if any errors have occurred.
7. A method of receiving information over a bandwidth limited network at an electronic meter, comprising:
(a) receiving a portion of a block of information;
(b) acknowledging receipt of said portion of said block of information;
(c) storing said portion of said block of information in memory; and repeating steps (a) through (c) until a whole block of data is received.
8. The method of claim 7, further comprising determining if any errors are contained in said whole data block.
9. The method of claim 8, further comprising determining errors by referencing a CRC
that is written with said whole data block.
10. The method of claim 8, further comprising determining errors by checking sequence numbers of individual messages to ensure that the messages are assembled in the correct order.
11. The method of claim 8, further comprising parsing said whole data block of data to determine if C12 application layer commands are valid.
12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:
parsing said whole block of data and querying said electronic meter; and storing responses to queries.
13. The method of claim 11, further comprising parsing said whole data block in response to a received command.
14. The method of claim 7, further comprising:
receiving a command; and performing an action on whole block of data in response to said command.
15. The method of claim 14, said commands comprising one of a write command, check CRC command and an execute command.
16. A method of sending information over a bandwidth limited network to remotely located electronic meters, comprising:
selecting a target electronic meter;
sending a portion of a complete block of data to said target electronic meter;

sending subsequent portions of said complete block of data to said target electronic meter; and sending an execute command when said complete block of data has been transferred to said target electronic meter.
17. The method of claim 16, further comprising reading a status table in said target electronic meter to verify that said complete block of data has been programmed properly or if any errors occurred.
18. The method of claim 17, further comprising restarting the sending of said complete block of data if errors occurred.
19. The method of claim 17, further comprising marking said electronic meter as complete if said complete block of data has been programmed properly.
20. The method of claim 16, further comprising, performing said method at a collector in a wireless mesh network.
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