Multi-layered Architecture to Monitor and Control the Energy Management in Smart Cities

Abstract

Energy meter monitoring and control management in real time still have several limitations in smart city establishments. One of the essential components of smart city is energy meter monitoring and control in real time. Since it is a herculean task for the energy companies to monitor and control energy meter in collecting the data on energy consumption, billing, payments and other managerial aspects in smart city environment, a suitable wireless sensor network architecture that encompasses emerging technologies like smart devices, Cloud–Fog computing, IoT and drones may be an approach to provide a solution in this regard. Present day communication technologies revolutionized the way smart phones and smart gadgets/devices are deployed to access, acquire, store and share data. Internet of Things (IoT), in the recent past, facilities to provide several applications and solutions in making our lives ‘smart’ leading to ‘smart city’ establishments. The present article proposes a novel ‘three-layered’ wireless sensor network architecture for energy meter monitoring control management in real time.