What is BS EN 16836-1 - Wireless mesh networking for meter data exchange about?
BS EN 16836-1 gives provisions on the standardization framework of communication systems applicable to the exchange of data from metering devices to other devices within a mesh network.
BS EN 16836-1 includes information on the application process functions, layered protocols and metering architecture.
BS EN 16836-1 also specifies how to interpret Parts 2 and 3 of EN 16836 which give a list of references to the ZigBee documents. BS EN 16836-1 is applicable to communications systems that involve messages and networking between a meter or multiple meters and other devices in a mesh network, such as in-home displays (IHDs) and communications hubs.
BS EN 16836-1 is designed to support low power communications for devices such as gas and water meters which can make data from such devices available on the mesh network at any time through a proxy capability within a permanently powered device.
BS EN 16836-1 specifies a communication protocol that can embrace a multitude of smart metering architectures from a variety of countries.
Note 1: BS EN 16836-1 is not designed to limit, or indeed imply a choice or preference to any one of the many possible architectures, but moreover provide information on how devices can use this communications standard to publish and receive information from meters over a network.
Note 2: BS EN 16836-1 defines a protocol that can be used for either a type M interface, or a type H1 interface, however, H1 interfaces are not within the scope of CEN/TC 294.
Who is BS EN 16836-1 - Wireless mesh networking for meter data exchange for?
BS EN 16836-1 on wireless mesh networking for meter data exchange is useful for:
- Communication systems
- Networking systems
- Electronics engineers
- Electronics and telecommunication industry
- Information technology industry
- Manufacturers and suppliers of metering devices
Why should you use BS EN 16836-1 - Wireless mesh networking for meter data exchange?
The EN 16836 series of standards details requirements for gas meters, water meters and heat meters that can interoperate with products in a mesh network that conforms to BS EN 16836-1 through a smart energy profile application layer.
BS EN 16836-1 allows routing between devices and also allows channel agility to avoid contention with other networks of the same type, or networks of other types operating in the same frequency bands.
BS EN 16836-1 refers to documents made freely available by the ZigBee Alliance, an organization that manages a mesh network specification. The scope of EN 16836 is in line with the scope of CEN/TC 294, “Communication systems for meters and remote reading of meters”, and allows data produced by utility meters to be read by a WAN communications hub, another meter, a separate meter display unit or any other device implementing this smart energy profile standard.
Note: Within the wider smart energy profile and referenced documents, there are also clusters and data objects that relate to other devices, such as programmable thermostats, but these clusters are outside the scope of CEN/TC 294 and as such are omitted from BS EN 16836-1.
