Content for  TR 22.867  Word version:  18.2.0

Instead of recording and sending the metering data from a traditional wired electricity meter unit, electricity metering collecting can be executed by an UE integrated smart meter unit Smart meter units can send real-time metering data to the server in the Power Enterprise through mobile networks. In this way, the Power Enterprise based on the analysis of the user's power consumption behavior give users more scientific and reasonable power consumption suggestions, to develop users' power consumption and energy-saving habits. This is also a possible usage of AMI. Advanced Metering utilizes AMI (Advanced Meter Infrastructure) system to collect, count, analyze, distribute and manage abnormal electrical energy data in the generation, transmission, distribution and using stages. It can collect real-time data of user power, monitor line loss, and power outage, real-time identify the change of household, calculate of three-phase imbalance, and monitor station voltage. The AMI is usually comprised of smart meter, concentrator, two-way communication network, measurement data management system (MDMS), and an optional user indoor network (HAN). See Figure 5.2.1-1.

In general, the electric smart meter co-works with MDMS to deliver and perform control command for measuring instruments. The electric smart meters monitor relevant user energy status and deliver these data through concentrator to MDMS. The MDMS sends control commands according to its policy and status data collected. The remote commands from the MDMS include: tripping, closing permission, alarm, alarm release, power protection, power protection release. Accurate Fee control is one of the basic service of advanced metering, when the user owes the fee or there is an emergency, it should be able to cut off or restore power supply in time, as the operation involves the safety& QoE of power users, a real-time response is required. For the advanced metering application, the application layer through the communication protocol to encrypt and protect these key data, in order to protect all data, at least logical isolation is required, physical isolation is better. Due to massive electricity meter boxes and household appliances keep online at the same time, the amount of connections the mobile network maintains simultaneously is so enormous that challenging to the mobile network capacity. It is estimated that the increased connections will up to 50-100 times.

SS is a power company and it constructs AMI system to deploy advanced meter service for its users. Operator TT has a contract with the power company SS to supply communication service for the AMI system. Tom is one of the user of SS. In his house, all the electric equipment's energy data can be collected by smart meter and then reported to the MDMS of SS. The smart meter is located in Tom's house or nearby and the MDMS is located in the remote city center. The distance between the smart meter and the energy management center can be as far as a middle size city range (e.g. Tens of km). Peter is another user of SS. He has a contract with SS about smart energy usage in his house. SS provides electrical sockets with metering function for typical electrical appliances in his house and all the electrical energy generated by typical electrical appliances that from the electrical socket is measured in real time.

The energy related information from electric equipment can be reported to the MDMS on demand with required content and required communication performance. The electric accurate fee control function can be implemented. Co-working with smart meter, the MDMS can remotely troubleshoot energy problem for its user. The power grid company regularly provides users with detailed energy consumption analysis reports based on the collected data, and guides users to use electricity scientifically and rationally.

The 5G system shall be able to support resilience to dynamic adjust connection service performance considering advanced metering demand. The 5G system shall be able to provide connection service wherever indoor, outdoor, low and medium altitude for advanced metering applications. The 5G system shall be able to support at least logical isolation communication service for advanced meter applications. The 5G IoT device shall be able to connect energy equipment via 3GPP/non-3GPP connections to get energy data and to deliver the data to back-end energy applications via 5G connection.

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