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Strategic Planning for large-scale Deployment of a Geo-positioned Smart Metering Network

Abstract:

Massively deploying wireless sensors in a geo-referenced area to provide a service for smart cities, such as smart metering, will require extensive study to minimize investment costs. The current work proposes a heuristic technique for the optimal location of data aggregation points (DAP) or concentrators from a set of candidate sites and the fiber optic network to achieve DAP connectivity. The study considers the capacity constraints of each DAP and the maximum distance in the minimum spanning tree. DAP occupancy ranges between 70% and 98% for effective monitoring and maintenance.