Korea Electric Power Corporation
DATA CONCENTRATION UNIT, POWER METER, AND METHOD FOR OPERATING SAME

Abstract:

The present invention relates to a data concentration unit, a power meter, and a method of operating the same. To this end, according to the present invention, there is a provided a data concentration unit that collects power metering data from power meters including a High-level Data Link Control (HDLC)-based power meter and an Internet Protocol-based power meter, and transmits the collected power metering data to an AMI server, wherein the power metering data is collected according to a communication model pre-configured for high-speed power line communication, and the communication model includes a high-speed power line communication MAC layer, an Internet Protocol layer, and an adaptation layer configured between the high-speed power line communication MAC layer and the Internet Protocol layer, the adaptation layer supporting communication with the HDLC-based power meter and with the Internet Protocol-based power meter.