Prioritized reporting of metering data

摘要

A utility company may schedule when and how endpoints report resource consumption data based on relative priorities of endpoints or the customers associated therewith. By associating endpoints with one of multiple different quality of service (QoS) levels, and sending each endpoint a reporting schedule based on its respective QoS level, the utility company may configure prioritized reporting of resource consumption data by endpoints of an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) with automatic meter reading (AMR).

主权项

1. A system for managing reporting of resource consumption data, the system comprising:
one or more processors; and memory communicatively coupled to the one or more processors and storing instructions that, when executed, configure the one or more processors to perform acts comprising:
determining a plurality of endpoints from which to obtain resource consumption data;determining a relative priority of each endpoint of the plurality of endpoints;establishing multiple quality of service levels;assigning each endpoint of the plurality of endpoints to one of the multiple quality of service levels based at least in part on the relative priority of the respective endpoint; andcommunicating to each endpoint when, based on the respective quality of service level, the respective endpoint is to report its resource consumption data, the communicating comprising sending a message to a data collector associated with the respective endpoint.