Realtime Middleware-based Distributed Micro-Smart Electricity Meters

Research shows that consumers want to know their appliances’ energy consumption. Also, providing consumers with more information about their energy use and giving them more control over it can lead to choices that reduce energy consumption. This research proposes a sensor network of Smart Electricity Meters (SEMs) that system uses a Data Distribution Service (DDS) publish/subscribe middleware (DPSM) for real-time fine-grain sensing of electric loads. The SEMs are connected to household appliances to measure their power consumption and send it to a server for storage and data analysis. Our results indicate an average throughput of 302 bytes/second and an average latency of 25.44 ms. The proposed solution demonstrates promise for real-time monitoring of household appliances’ power consumption in Smart Grid (SG) environments.