Intelligent energy monitoring system based on ZigBee-equipped smart sockets

The intelligent home appliance monitoring is the mainstream development of the future automation and networking technology. Appliance operation can be easily monitored through sensing and other similar perceptions of the corresponding power link. These products of smart energy monitoring system communicate with one another via intelligent sockets equipped with ZigBee wireless transceivers. A home-based remote server enables remote monitoring and control of electrical home appliances. The use of mobile internet in portable devices, especially in smartphones and tablet PCs, provides great advantage and flexibility for remote control. The status and power consumption information of all monitored appliances are stored in the remote server. The corresponding analysis of such power consumption data can be provided to the power company for smart grid planning and the user for energy saving through rescheduling and safe power usage via abnormal situation warning.