The Smart Grid sector made and continues to make significant investments in machine-to-machine (M2M) communications and applications that rely on sensors to collect data from connected devices. Depending on sensor functionalities, data collection can include:
• Measurements of flow: Voltage, current, phase angle, watts produced or used.
• Performance: Parameters like temperature, vibration, or pressure.
• Date and time stamps.
• Geographic information: Latitude and longitude.
• Identification/authentication of user.
Smart Grid technologies create greater volumes of data and new sources of data—almost exclusively structured data* since it is obtained from devices like smart meters ...
