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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2008
Lance A. Ehrke, Brookfield, WI (US);
Kimbel A. Nap, Glendale, WI (US);
Donn R. Dresselhuys, Shorewood, WI (US);
Lance A. Ehrke, Brookfield, WI (US);
Kimbel A. Nap, Glendale, WI (US);
Donn R. Dresselhuys, Shorewood, WI (US);
Silver Spring Networks, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
An electronic electric meter for use in a networked automatic meter reading environment. The meter includes a meter microcontroller, a measurement microcontroller, a communication microcontroller and spread spectrum processor, and a plurality of other communication interface modules for communicating commodity utilization and power quality data to a utility. The meter measures electricity usage and monitors power quality parameters for transmission to the utility over a spread spectrum local area network (LAN) to a remotely located gateway node. The gateway node transmits this data to the utility over a commercially available fixed wide area network (WAN). The meter also provides direct communication to the utility over a commercially available network interface that plugs into the meter's backplane or bus system, bypassing the local area network communication link and gateway node.