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Development of LoRaWAN IoT Automatic Meter Reading Systems

LoRaWAN IoT 원격검침장치 개발

  • Park, Jae-Sam (Department of Electronics Engineering, Incheon National University)
  • 박재삼 (인천대학교 전자공학과)
  • Received : 2020.09.01
  • Accepted : 2020.10.15
  • Published : 2020.10.31
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Abstract

In this paper, we propose a LoRa communication module using the LoRa RF module of Murata Electronics is designed to configure the IoT digital meter remote meter reading and a method of configuring a remote meter reading network by collecting multiple meter data in a DCU (Data Concentrate Unit) to configure a network with LoRaWAN. The developed system can be installed more easily and economically in the network configuration than the existing system by allowing the meter to be directly connected to the network or matched with a DCU to connect to the network according to the configuration of the consumer. The developed system was constructed using a digital water meter as an example, but it can also be applied to remote meter reading of the metered values of other meters such as electricity, water, gas, hot water and calorie meters. The main development contents are the design, configuration, and construction of digital meters, LoRa modules and DCUs, and how to connect the LoRaWAN network and transmit meter data to the server. By networking these devices, the system is configured, and the actual LoRaWAN communication is tested and the result is shown.

본 논문에서는 무라타 전자의 LoRa RF 모듈을 이용한 LoRa 통신모듈을 설계하여 디지털미터기에 장착하는 구성과, 다수의 미터기 데이터를 DCU(Data Concentrate Unit)에서 정합하여 LoRaWAN 으로 네트워크를 구성하는 원격검침 네트워크 구성 방법을 제시한다. 개발된 시스템은 수요자의 구성에 따라 미터기를 직접 네트워크에 연결하거나 DCU로 정합하여 네트워크에 연결하도록 선택가능하게 함으로써 기존 시스템 보다 네트워크 구성에 있어서 용이하고 경제적으로 설치가능하다. 개발된 시스템은 디지털수도미터기를 예로하여 구성하였지만 전기, 수도, 가스, 온수 및 난방 등 타계량기의 계량값을 원격검침 하는데도 적용가능하다. 주요개발 내용은 디지털미터기, LoRa 모듈, DCU 설계, 구성 및 제작과 LoRaWAN 네트워크 연결, 미터 데이터를 서버로 전송하는 방법이며, 이들 요소들을 연계하여 시스템을 구성하고 실제 LoRaWAN 통신을 테스트하고 그 결과를 보여준다.

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