INFORMATION SHARING METHOD OF SMART ELECTRICITY METER, SMART ELECTRICITY METER AND ACQUISITION ROUTER

Abstract

An information sharing method for a smart electricity meter, the smart electricity meter and an acquisition router are provided. Multiple Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) addresses are allocated to the smart electricity meter; the smart electricity meter specifies the corresponding IPv6 address according to a type of information to initiate a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)/Internet Protocol (IP) connection to the acquisition router; and the acquisition router searches for routing IPv6 addresses with same rules as rules of the IPv6 address according to the IPv6 address, and sends the information to destination addresses specified by the information through the routing IPv6 addresses.

Claims

1. An information sharing method for a smart electricity meter, applied to an electricity consumption information acquisition master station system in a power distribution network, the method comprising: allocating at least one Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) address to the smart electricity meter, wherein each IPv6 address is configured to send and receive information of a respective type; specifying, by the smart electricity meter, an IPv6 address corresponding to a type of the information to initiate a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)/Internet Protocol (IP) connection to an acquisition router; and searching, by the acquisition router, for routing IPv6 addresses with same rules as rules of the specified IPv6 address according to the specified IPv6 address, and sending the information to destination addresses specified by the information through the searched out routing IPv6 addresses.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: before allocating at least one IPv6 address to the smart electricity meter, receiving, by the smart electricity meter, the information from the electricity consumption information acquisition master station system, the information comprising measurements with time stamps for a user and own network status and event information of the smart electricity meter, wherein the measurements comprise an electricity consumption, an electricity demand, a voltage, a current and a power.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: before specifying, by the smart electricity meter, the IPv6 address corresponding to the type of the information to initiate the TCP/IP connection to the acquisition router, receiving, by the smart electricity meter, a command for acquiring the information, the command for acquiring the information being sent by a system in a metering data collection and management system, a power distribution automation management system, an outage management system or the electricity consumption information acquisition master station system.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising: before specifying, by the smart electricity meter, the IPv6 address corresponding to the type of the information to initiate the TCP/IP connection to the acquisition router, reaching, by the smart electricity meter, a preset time for actively reporting the information.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein searching, by the acquisition router, for the routing IPv6 addresses with the same rules as the rules of the specified IPv6 address according to the specified IPv6 address, and sending the information to the destination addresses specified by the information through the searched out routing IPv6 addresses comprises: determining, by the acquisition router, when the acquisition router simultaneously receives a plurality of TCP/IP connections initiated by the smart electricity meter, priorities of a plurality of pieces of information according to Quality of Service (QOS) rules, and for each of the plurality of pieces of information, searching, by the acquisition router, for the routing IPv6 addresses with the same rules as the rules of the IPv6 address corresponding to the piece of information in sequence according to the priority of the piece of information; and sending, by the acquisition router, the piece of information to destination addresses specified by the piece of information through the searched out routing IPv6 addresses according to the priority of the piece of information.

6. A smart electricity meter, comprising an Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) address device, an information data receiver and an information data sender, wherein the IPv6 address device is configured to create, receive and store IPv6 addresses allocated to the smart electricity meter, each of the IPv6 addresses being configured to send and receive information of a respective type; the information data receiver is configured to, in an electricity consumption information acquisition master station system, acquire, receive and store measurements with time stamps for a user and own network status and event information of the smart electricity meter, the measurements comprising an electricity consumption, an electricity demand, a voltage, a current and a power; and the information data sender is configured to extract an IPv6 address corresponding to information from the information data receiver according to a type of the information, and initiate a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)/Internet Protocol (IP) connection to an acquisition router.

7. The smart electricity meter according to claim 6, further comprising a command receiver, wherein the command receiver is configured to receive a command for acquiring the information, the command for acquiring the information being sent by a system in a metering data collection and management system, a power distribution automation management system, an outage management system or the electricity consumption information acquisition master station system.

8. The smart electricity meter according to claim 6, further comprising a timer, wherein the timer is configured to set a time at which the information is actively reported by the smart electricity meter, and when preset time for actively reporting the information is reached, send an information sending command to the information data sender.

9. An acquisition router, comprising a receiver, a routing Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) address device and a sender, wherein the receiver is configured to receive a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP)/Internet Protocol (IP) connection initiated by a smart electricity meter; the routing IPv6 address device is configured to store routing IPv6 addresses, and search for the routing IPv6 addresses with same rules as rules of an IPv6 address according to the IPv6 address; and the sender is configured to send information to destination addresses specified by the information through the searched out routing IPv6 addresses.

10. The acquisition router according to claim 9, further comprising a prioritizing device, wherein the prioritizing device is configured to determine, when the acquisition router simultaneously receives a plurality of TCP/IP connections initiated by the smart electricity meter, priorities of a plurality of pieces of information according to Quality of Service (QOS) rules; and for each of the plurality of pieces of information, the prioritizing device is configured to control the acquisition router to search for the routing IPv6 addresses with the same rules as the rules of the IPv6 address corresponding to the piece of information in sequence according to the priority of the piece of information; and the prioritizing device is configured to control the acquisition router to send the piece of information to destination addresses specified by the piece of information through the searched out routing IPv6 addresses according to the priority of the piece of information.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0046] FIG. 1 is a flowchart of an embodiment of an information sharing method for a smart electricity meter according to the disclosure.

[0047] FIG. 2 is a structure diagram of a smart electricity meter according to the disclosure.

[0048] FIG. 3 is a structure diagram of an acquisition router according to the disclosure.

[0049] FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of an application example of an information sharing method for a smart electricity meter according to the disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0050] The technical solutions in embodiments of the disclosure will be clearly and completely described below in combination with the drawings in the embodiments of the disclosure. Obviously, the described embodiments are not all embodiments but only part of embodiments of the disclosure. All other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art on the basis of the embodiments of the disclosure without creative work fall within the scope of protection of the disclosure.

[0051] As shown in FIG. 1, the disclosure provides an information sharing method for a smart electricity meter, which is applied to an electricity consumption information acquisition master station system in a power distribution network. The method includes the following steps.

[0052] In S01, the smart electricity meter receives information from the electricity consumption information acquisition master station system, wherein the information includes: measurements with time stamps for a user and own network status and event information of the smart electricity meter, and wherein the measurements include: an electricity consumption, an electricity demand, a voltage, a current and a power.

[0053] In S02, at least one IPv6 address is allocated to the smart electricity meter, wherein each IPv6 address is generated by adopting different rules, and each IPv6 address is configured to send and receive information of a respective type.

[0054] In S03, the smart electricity meter determines the corresponding IPv6 address according to a type of the information, and initiates a TCP/IP connection to an acquisition router through the IPv6 address.

[0055] In S04, the acquisition router determines priorities of a plurality of pieces of information according to QOS rules.

[0056] In S05, when the acquisition router simultaneously receives multiple TCP/IP connections initiated by the smart electricity meter, for each of the plurality of pieces of information, the acquisition router searches for routing IPv6 addresses with same rules as the rules of the IPv6 address corresponding to the piece of information in sequence according to the priority of the piece of information.

[0057] In S06, the acquisition router sends the piece of information to destination addresses specified by the piece of information through the routing IPv6 addresses according to the priority of the piece of information.

[0058] Before the operation that the smart electricity meter determines the corresponding IPv6 addresses according to the type of the information and initiates the TCP/IP connection to the acquisition router, the method includes the following step.

[0059] The smart electricity meter receives a command for acquiring the information, the command for acquiring the information being sent by a system in a metering data collection and management system, a power distribution automation management system, an outage management system or the electricity consumption information acquisition master station system.

[0060] Or the method includes the following step.

[0061] The smart electricity meter reaches a preset time for actively reporting the information.

[0062] As shown in FIG. 2, the disclosure provides a smart electricity meter, which includes an IPv6 address module, an information data receiving module and an information data sending module.

[0063] The IPv6 address module is configured to create, receive and store IPv6 addresses allocated to the smart electricity meter, each of the IPv6 addresses being generated by adopting different rules and each of the IPv6 addresses being configured to send and receive information of a respective type.

[0064] The information data receiving module is configured to, in the electricity consumption information acquisition master station system, acquire, receive and store measurements with time stamps for a user and own network status and event information of the smart electricity meter, the measurements including an electricity consumption, an electricity demand, a voltage, a current and a power.

[0065] The information data sending module is configured to extract the IPv6 address corresponding to information from the information data receiving module according to a type of the information, and initiate a TCP/IP connection to an acquisition router.

[0066] The smart electricity meter further includes a command receiving module.

[0067] The command receiving module is configured to receive a command for acquiring the information, the command for acquiring the information being sent by a system in a metering data collection and management system, a power distribution automation management system, an outage management system or the electricity consumption information acquisition master station system.

[0068] The smart electricity meter further includes a timing module.

[0069] The timing module is configured to set a time at which the information is actively reported by the smart electricity meter, and when preset time for actively reporting information is reached, send an information sending command to the information data sending module.

[0070] As shown in FIG. 3, the disclosure provides an acquisition router, which includes a receiving module, a routing IPv6 address module and a sending module.

[0071] The receiving module is configured to receive a TCP/IP connection initiated by a smart electricity meter.

[0072] The routing IPv6 address module is configured to store routing IPv6 addresses, and search for the routing IPv6 addresses with same rules as rules of an IPv6 address according to the IPv6 address.

[0073] The sending module is configured to send information to destination addresses specified by the information through the searched out routing IPv6 addresses.

[0074] The acquisition router further includes a prioritizing module.

[0075] The prioritizing module is configured to determine priorities of a plurality of pieces of information according to QOS rules.

[0076] When the acquisition router simultaneously receives multiple TCP/IP connections initiated by the smart electricity meter,

[0077] for each of the plurality of pieces of information, the prioritizing module is configured to control the acquisition router to search for the routing IPv6 addresses with the same rules as the rules of the IPv6 address corresponding to the piece of information in sequence according to the priority of the piece of information.

[0078] The prioritizing module is configured to control the acquisition router to send the piece of information to destination addresses specified by the piece of information through the searched out routing IPv6 addresses according to the priority of the piece of information.

[0079] As shown in FIG. 4, the disclosure provides an application example of the information sharing method for the smart electricity meter. For example, there are n pieces of information in the smart electricity meter, and the smart electricity meter sends information 1 to the metering data collection and management system and power distribution automation management system in the master station system through the acquisition router, the method includes the following steps.

[0080] On the smart electricity meter, multiple IPv6 addresses are configured according to types of stored information, the information 1 being sent and received by adopting an IPv6 address 1 generated with rules 1 and information 2 being sent and received by adopting an IPv6 address 2 generated with rules 2.

[0081] A routing rule of the acquisition router is set as follows: after receiving a data packet with an IPv6 address meeting the rules 1, the data packet is forwarded to a destination address 1 of the metering data collection and management system and a destination address 2 of the power distribution automation management system through routing IPv6 addresses.

[0082] A QOS rule of the acquisition router is set as follows: priorities of the information of the smart electricity meter are judged according to the IPv6 addresses of the smart electricity meter, and the information with high priority is preferably processed.

[0083] After receiving an interrogation command or reaching a preset time for actively reporting the information, the smart electricity meter reports all types of stored information through respective IPv6 address: the smart electricity meter initiates a TCP/IP connection at first and starts a smart electricity meter information uploading process; the smart electricity meter sends a data packet to the superior acquisition router; and after receiving the data packet uploaded by the smart electricity meter, the acquisition router forwards the data packet of the smart electricity meter to the destination address 1 of the metering data collection and management system and the destination address 2 of the power distribution automation management system according to a setting of the routing rule.

[0084] When the acquisition router simultaneously receives multiple pieces of smart electricity meter information, the acquisition router preferably processes smart electricity meter information with high priority according to the configured QOS rule, and distributes and shares the smart electricity meter information to the corresponding master station systems.

[0085] The above embodiments are adopted not to limit but only to describe the technical solutions of the disclosure. Although the disclosure has been described in detail in the embodiments, those skilled in the art may still make modifications or equivalent replacements to specific implementation modes of the disclosure. Any modifications or equivalent replacements made without departing from the spirit and scope of the disclosure fall within the scope of protection of the claims of the disclosure.