Design and implementation of a high-fidelity AC metering network

We present the architecture, design, and preliminary evaluation of ACme, a wireless sensor and actuator network for monitoring AC energy usage and controlling AC devices in a large and diverse building environment. The ACme system consists of three tiers: the ACme node which provides a metering and...

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Published in:2009 International Conference on Information Processing in Sensor Networks pp. 253 - 264
Main Authors: Jiang, Xiaofan, Dawson-Haggerty, Stephen, Dutta, Prabal, Culler, David
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC, USA IEEE Computer Society 13.04.2009
IEEE
Series:ACM Conferences
Subjects:
Actuators
Application software
Architecture
Automatic control
Buildings
Computer systems organization > Dependable and fault-tolerant systems and networks
Computer systems organization > Embedded and cyber-physical systems
Computer systems organization > Real-time systems
Control systems
Energy
Fabrics
General and reference > Cross-computing tools and techniques > Performance
Green
Hardware > Communication hardware, interfaces and storage
IP networks
Measurement
Meter
Monitoring
Mote
Networks
Networks > Network performance evaluation
Networks > Network services > Network monitoring
Platform
Power
Power measurement
Sensor Network
Wireless
Wireless sensor networks
ISBN:1424451086, 9781424451081
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Summary:We present the architecture, design, and preliminary evaluation of ACme, a wireless sensor and actuator network for monitoring AC energy usage and controlling AC devices in a large and diverse building environment. The ACme system consists of three tiers: the ACme node which provides a metering and control interface to a single outlet, a network fabric which allows this interface to be exported to arbitrary IP endpoints, and application software that uses this networked interface to provide various power-centric applications. The ACme node integrates an Epic core module with a dedicated energy metering IC to provide real, reactive, and apparent power measurements, with optional control of an attached load. The network comprises a complete IPv6/6LoWPAN stack on every node and an edge router that connects to other IP networks. The application tier receives and stores readings in a database and uses a web server for visualization. Nodes automatically join the IPv6 subnet after being plugged in, and begin interactions with the application layer. We evaluate our system in a preliminary green building deployment with 49 nodes spread over several floors of a Computer Science Building and present energy consumption data from this preliminary deployment.
ISBN:1424451086
9781424451081
DOI:10.5555/1602165.1602189