A Robust and Lightweight Protocol for Efficient and Scalable Automatic Meter Reading using an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Most electric power companies employs power meter reader to collect data on the customer's energy consumption. Usually, this task is carried out manually, which can lead to high cost and errors, causing financial losses. Some approaches tries to minimize these problems, such as: find the minima...

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Published in:	Revista IEEE América Latina Vol. 13; no. 9; pp. 3044 - 3050
Main Authors:	Neto, Jose Rodrigues, Yokoyana, Roberto Sadao, Villas, Leandro Aparecido
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English Portuguese
Published:	Los Alamitos IEEE 01-09-2015 The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects:	Automatic meter reading Collisions Electric utilities Global Positioning System Lightweight Manuals Marketing Protocols Robustness Unmanned aerial vehicles Wattmeters Weight reduction Wireless communication Wireless communications
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