CPC G01R 22/063 (2013.01) [G01R 22/068 (2013.01)] | 21 Claims |
1. A system for monitoring power flow at a premises, the system comprising:
a smart meter that measures coarse power flow data for the premises, wherein the coarse power flow data characterizes power consumption by the premises and/or power generation at the premises over an interval of time;
a power data recorder comprising:
a first transceiver that communicates with the smart meter via a first protocol;
a second transceiver that communicates with a node on a data mesh network via a second protocol;
wherein:
the smart meter transmits the coarse power flow data to one of another smart meter or a smart meter poller on a meter mesh network in response to polling for the coarse power flow data generated by the smart meter poller coupled to the meter mesh network, and the smart meter transmits the coarse power flow data to the power data recorder via the first protocol in response to detecting a fault condition; and
the power data recorder encapsulates the coarse power flow data into a format employable by the data mesh network and transmits the encapsulated coarse power flow data to the node on the data mesh network via the second protocol, wherein the smart meter poller communicates with a utility server via a utility network and the node on the data mesh network communicates with the utility server via the Internet.
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