Wireless Automatic Meter Reading System Based On Next Generation Broadcasting

The paper introduces a wireless automatic meter reading system based on next generation broadcasting (NGB) and its control method. The system includes information collection, transmission and processing modules. The information collection module is responsible for collecting the data of the meter of water, electricity or gas, and sending the collected information to information transmission module. Then the information transmission module will send the data information to the processing center through the short range wireless communication and two-way television cable network. The information processing module then sends the collected information to the network processing center. Information processing center can communicate with the information transmission module and control the data acquisition, transmission and other operations of the three meters over the two-way cable television network. The system uses the existing set-top box or digital TV interface to access the wireless transceiver module, the user interface can use the existing interactive TV platform, users can query the information of the three meters, the payment and bill through TV sets.