A.R. Al-Ali
Home automation, automatic meter reading, distributed systems, energy billing system, embedded systems, GSM-modem applications
This paper presents a wireless integrated multiservices solution that (1) helps homeowners to control their household appliances and (2) helps utility companies to manage electrical energy consumption using SMS messages. The controller consists of a single-chip microcontroller and GSM-modem to handle the process at the consumer side. A server consists of a high-end PC and GSM-modem installed at the electrical utility headquarters to handle the energy billing system. The system utilizes the readily available GSM network as a communication service provider. A prototype has been designed, built, and tested in the lab. The server can handle more than one consumer, and this gives the system a distributed property.
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