Patent ID: 8660067
Filing Date: 2014-02-25
Classification: G01D,H04L,H04W,Y02B,Y04S

Abstract:
1. Apparatus for communicating between a server of an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) system and a distribution automation (DA) device, the AMI system comprising a wireless network of metering devices that communicate in accordance with a first communications protocol, each metering device defining a node on the wireless network and each node having a unique identifier on the wireless network, the DA device being adapted to communicate in accordance with a second protocol that is different from the first protocol of the wireless network of metering devices, the apparatus comprising: a first communications interface that operates in accordance with the first communications protocol to communicate via said wireless network of the AMI system; a second communications interface adapted to enable the apparatus to be connected to a corresponding interface of the DA device; a memory containing one or more ANSI C12.19-compliant data tables; and a processor that operates to: