摘要 |
<p>A system (100) for communicating device specific data over a network includes a smart power device (102) that includes a meter (116), a controller (122) and an advanced metering (116) infrastructure (AMI) network connection coupled to the meter (116) and the controller (122). The system (100) also includes an AMI terminator device (110) configured to receive information from a virtual device server (140) and provide it according to an AMI communication protocol (120) to the AMI network (114) connection via an AMI network (114), the AMI terminator device (110) is further configured to receive information from the meter (116) via the AMI network (114) connection and provide it to a utility (104).
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