KR20110022457A - Apparatus and method for intelligent type remote meter reading in a parallel way - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: The high speed network is used effectively. The information processed at a plurality of meters is processed within the fast time. Data is a message received and this is processed at the same time as the concurrent mode. CONSTITUTION: A concurrent mode intelligent remote metering device and method are composed like next. According to the inspection of a meter request, by using the meter(101) and the low speed network installed among the electricity, gas, waterworks, heating, warm water in the generational measuring one or more use information of each plurality, it is connected.

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Apparatus and Method for Intelligent Type Remote meter reading in a parallel way}

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for performing an efficient remote metering process in a remote meter reading of a meter for measuring the amount of electricity, gas, water and the like. The present invention relates to a technology for improving the reading speed of a plurality of used power information and preventing the collision of the used power information and processes, and also increasing the accuracy of the reading.

Recently, the demand for a remote meter to measure the use of electricity, gas, water, etc. in real time is increasing. Data can be collected from multiple meters at the same time on a low speed interface ranging from kilobit per second (kilo bit per second) to several tens of kbps (speed of more than 1 kbp to less than 100 kbps in this embodiment). By collecting, it supports real-time remote meter reading.

The remote meter reading system is installed in a meter, a transit station, etc. to measure the power consumption information, a communication means for performing a function of communicating with the meter and transmitting it to a remote meter reading server of a power company, and a power for performing meter reading and managing meter reading information. It consists of the company's remote metering server. The utility will periodically read the customer's power usage information (for example, once every hour) according to the metering policy. Furthermore, when the power-added service is provided to the consumer using the power, the additional service is performed by using a communication means.

With the recent development of technology, high-speed transmission technologies such as wireless LAN, high-speed PLC (Power Line Communication), etc. have become lower in price and are becoming more common, and thus, technologies for using high-speed communication means in remote meter reading have been attempted. However, when using the technology of the meter and communication means using the conventional low-speed communication network together with the high speed communication means, dozens or more of the meters at a time to receive the power usage information from a single data concentrator (measuring meter When the device is connected to the meter reading server), data is sequentially processed and transmitted, and thus, there is a problem that it takes a long time to collect the remote meter reading data without fully utilizing the high-speed communication network used for the remote meter reading.

In recent years, attempts have been made to support real-time or time-linked plans for energy saving that are required worldwide in the electric power sector. For this purpose, it is essential to introduce an intelligent meter whose type and capacity of the data processed by the meter is much higher than that of a conventional meter, and to support a time-linked plan in a conventional metering cycle once a day or once an hour 15 There is a growing demand for the provision of real-time telemetering with short metering intervals of less than a minute. However, in the conventional remote meter reading system, as mentioned above, there is a problem of speed, which makes it difficult to realize this.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the parallel intelligent remote metering apparatus and method according to an embodiment of the present invention, in order to effectively use a high-speed communication network, and to process information processed in a plurality of meters in a short time, parallel method The purpose of the present invention is to provide a remote reading concentrator that receives data and processes it simultaneously.

In order to achieve the above object, the parallel type intelligent remote meter reading apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of meters installed for each generation for measuring the use information of at least one of electricity, gas, water, heating, hot water in response to a request for a meter reading A plurality of process request signals to a plurality of meter-side communication means connected to each other using a low-speed communication network to acquire and send usage information, and to a plurality of process target meter-side communication means including a process of acquiring usage information required for a meter reading request. Group and transmit the group, receive the response signals for the plurality of processes from the meter-side communication unit, group them together, divide them by meters using the delimiter, and remotely use the combined usage information based on the received plurality of grouped process response signals. It includes a remote meter concentrator that transmits to the meter reading server.

In addition, according to another embodiment of the present invention, the intelligent intelligent remote meter reading method comprises the steps of: sending a group of a plurality of process request signals including a usage information acquiring process required for meter reading to a meter requesting communication device by a remote meter concentrator; In response to the plurality of process request signals, the meter-requesting target meter side communication means transmitting a plurality of process response signals based on communication using a low-speed communication network with the meter-reading request meter; Grouping and receiving a plurality of process response signals of the communication means and classifying each meter using a delimiter, and combining the usage information with a remote meter reading device based on the performance of the plurality of processes to the remote meter reading server. Transmitting.

According to the parallel intelligent remote meter reading apparatus and method according to an embodiment of the present invention, the high-speed communication network from the meter communication unit to the remote meter reading device by using the power information transmitted from the meter to the meter communication unit through the low-speed communication network When using and transmitting, a plurality of meters can be simultaneously delivered to the remote meter reading concentrator through a low speed communication network and a high speed communication network without waiting for the order in the transmission of the use power information, so that the transmission and reception speed of the use power transmission information is significantly increased.

In addition, even if various information is transmitted at the same time, the power consumption information received from each of the plurality of meters can be distinguished through the delimiter and transmitted to the remote meter reading server, so that the meter can be measured at the same time from the meter to the remote meter reading server. Power information can be delivered quickly, enabling real-time metering.

In addition, it is possible to provide a variety of services at high speed because the remote meter concentrator includes a function for managing each of a plurality of meters separately for a plurality of processes required for the use power information transfer or added to the use power information transfer. Become.

Hereinafter, a parallel type intelligent remote meter reading apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. 1.

1 is a device diagram schematically showing a parallel type intelligent remote meter reading apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a parallel intelligent remote meter reading apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of meters installed for each generation for measuring use information of at least one of electricity, gas, water, heating, and hot water according to a request for reading a meter ( 101 and each of the plurality of meters 101 and a low speed communication network, and obtains the usage information from each of the plurality of meters 101 in real time and measures the plurality of pieces of usage information measured by the meters 1011 to 101n at high speed. A plurality of meter-side communication means 102 corresponding to each of the plurality of meters 101 sent out using a communication network;

Of the plurality of meter-side communication means 102 connected between the meter-side communication means 102 and the remote meter reading server 104 via a high-speed communication network, and receiving usage information from the plurality of meters 101 in real time. A request signal for a plurality of processes is transmitted to a plurality of meter-side communication means groups 102, which are subjects to a request for a plurality of processes required for acquiring usage information including transmission and reception of usage information. Receive a response signal corresponding to a plurality of process requests based on the usage information measured by the target meter group 101 of the plurality of meter-side communication means group 102 to be a plurality of process request target through the group response signal When receiving, it is divided by the meter 101 by a delimiter, and a plurality of process request target meter-side communication for a plurality of received processes Based on the response signal of the range group (102) to a remote meter reading concentrator (103) for transmitting the combination of the usage information to a remote meter reading server.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the remote meter reading server transmits a meter reading request for a plurality of usage information to the remote meter reading concentrator 103 based on a predetermined time or a specific condition and transmits from the remote meter reading concentrator 103 through a high speed communication network. Refers to a remote meter reading server of a power company or other institution that receives a plurality of combined use information and performs a remote meter reading.

As described above, the meter 101 according to the present invention means that the meter is installed for each generation in order to measure usage information of at least one of electricity, gas, water, heating, and hot water. In the embodiment of the present invention, the meter 101 measures real-time, continually, power usage information, and then transmits power usage information using a low-speed communication network in response to a meter reading request from the meter-side communication means 102. have. Alternatively, when the meter-side communication means 102 reads a request (for example, once every 15 minutes), the power consumption information may be measured discontinuously and the information may be transmitted to the meter-side communication means 102.

In addition, the meter 101 is a meter for outputting a measurement signal of at least one of the use information of electricity, gas, water, heating, hot water according to the amount of usage, and converts the use information into digital meter reading data and outputs it. It may be a digital communication type that can transfer information to the meter-side communication means 102 through a low speed communication network, or may be a pulse output type that simply generates and outputs a pulse signal proportional to the amount of electricity, gas, water, heating, and hot water used. . In the case of the electricity meter, which measures electricity, it is possible to convert the usage amount into digital meter data and output it as an electronic meter, and receive monthly usage meter usage data and usage fee data from the host device (remote metering server 104). It is desirable to be able to use a low speed communication network and to have a device for displaying it.

The low speed communication network refers to a communication network having a transmission and reception speed of about several kbps to several tens of kbps. In an embodiment of the present invention, a communication network using a synchronous transmission or an asynchronous transmission serial data transmission having a transmission speed of more than 1 kbps but less than 100 kbps is used. However, in addition to this, it can be installed in the meter 101, it is possible to transfer the use information between the meter 101 and the meter-side communication means 102, and other additional services (for example, use as mentioned above) Any low-speed communication network capable of transmitting and receiving data required for a fee and usage indication service) may be possible.

The meter-side communication means 102 is connected to each of the meter 101 for measuring the usage information, one to receive the usage information measured by one meter 101 and transmit it to the remote meter reading device 103, or (101) means for serving as a communication function for transmitting additional service data to be delivered to each. In the embodiment of the present invention, the meter-side communication unit 102 transmits and receives data to and from each meter 101 by using the aforementioned low-speed communication network, and uses the high-speed communication network with the remote meter reading concentrator 103. Sending and receiving. Therefore, the meter-side communication means 102 includes a low speed communication network modem (in the embodiment of the present invention, a low speed serial communication modem) and a high speed communication network modem (in the embodiment of the present invention, a wireless LAN modem or a PLC (Power Line Communication) modem). It may be installed at the same time, or a modem may be installed to integrate and manage it. In addition, the meter-side communication means 102 may be installed in the toilet seat.

A high speed communication network means a communication network having a very high transmission and reception speed compared to a low speed communication network. In the embodiment of the present invention, a modem for a high speed communication network is installed in the meter-side communication means 102, the remote meter reading concentrator 103, and the remote meter reading server 104 using the high speed communication network. In the embodiment of the present invention, at least one of a wireless communication network using a wireless LAN and a modem for a high speed communication network using a power line communication network is used. In the case of PLC communication, a power line that supplies power is used to communicate voice and data on a high frequency signal from hundreds of Khz to several tens of KHz. One of two types of modems, In-house and Access Broadband over power line (BPL) It is available. Experimental measurement speed can use high speed communication network of 200Mbps. In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, a modem used for high speed communication uses a high speed modem operating in a medium access control (MAC) mode on a shared medium.

The meter-side communication means 102 and the remote meter reading concentrator 103 correspondingly connected to each meter 101 process a plurality of processes for obtaining usage information for each generation using a high-speed communication network. An example of a plurality of processes is briefly shown in FIG. 3.

Referring to FIG. 3, in the plurality of processes by obtaining usage information between the meter-side communication means 102 and the remote meter concentrator 103, the remote meter concentrator 103 may be configured to include at least one meter 101. A connection establishment step (S1), a remote meter reading concentrator 103, and a remote requesting connection to at least one of the plurality of meter-side communication means 102 to receive the usage information to be measured and approved by the target meter-side communication means. Authentication request and approval step (S2) for determining and approving whether the meter reading server 104 is authorized to receive usage information, requesting reception of a plurality of usage information, and the target meter side communication means 102 uses a high-speed communication network. Sending a plurality of usage information to the remote meter concentrator in real time (or simultaneously) in parallel (S3), and sending a plurality of usage telegrams to the target meter 101 (S3). A step (S4) for dismantling the connection of the meter-side communication device 102 and a remote meter reading concentrator 103 is included.

Although the above-mentioned process refers to a process between the meter-side communication means 102 and the remote meter concentrator 103 in an embodiment of the present invention, the plurality of processes may obtain the usage information of the meter to be metered 101. As means a series of processes to provide, it will be appreciated that the remote metering server 104 and at least one meter reading meter 101 are also subject to the plurality of processes mentioned above.

In addition, the above-mentioned plurality of processes are processes for the metering procedure of the DLMS (Device Language Message Specification) protocol, which is an international engineering consortium (IEC) international standard for metering protocols of electricity, gas, and water. Therefore, in addition to the additional service, such as additionally displaying the usage fee and time from the remote metering server 104 to the display unit (not shown) of the meter 101 to recognize the usage fee and time for each household. Process for receiving information about the usage fee and time for each household from the remote meter reading server 104, and the remote meter reading concentrator 103 sequentially transmits the meter to the meter-side communication unit 102 and the meter 101. Processes may also be included in the plurality of processes mentioned above.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the communication between the plurality of meter-side communication means groups 102 and the remote meter concentrator 103 that are subject to the metering request is performed in a parallel manner. In this case, the parallel method means transmission and reception of usage information between the plurality of meter-side communication means groups 102 and the remote meter concentrator 103 that receive a plurality of usage information from each of the meters 1011 to 101n and are set as the target of the meter reading request. In the communication for a plurality of processes including, the second meter-side communication means 1022 and the plurality of processes after the plurality of processes through the first meter-side communication means 1021 and the high-speed modem, as in the above-mentioned conventional technology That means not using the formula of going through the process. That is, the characteristics of the high-speed communication network connecting each of the meter-side communication means 1021 to 102n and the meter-side communication means group 102 and the remote meter concentrator 103 of the meter-side communication means group 102 that are the metering request targets The meter-side communication means group 102 and the plurality of processes that set the delimiter for each meter 101 and are simultaneously the meter reading request target in the remote meter concentrator 103 will be described with reference to FIG. It's going to work together. In this case, the entire remote caused by the delay in the transmission and reception of usage information that occurs when sequential usage information transmission is made by the low speed communication network used to transmit the usage information from the meter group 101 to the meter side communication means group 102. It is possible to prevent deterioration of the metering system. In addition, it is also an advantage of the present invention that the existing meter 101 using a low speed communication network can be used without exchanging communication means.

2 is a diagram illustrating an example of transmission and reception of usage information in a parallel manner according to an embodiment of the present invention mentioned above.

Referring to FIG. 2, there is shown a flow chart of transmission and reception of usage information by low and high speed communication between the meter reading request meter group 101, the meter reading request meter side communication means group 102, and the remote meter reading concentrator 103. have. In FIG. 2, four meters 1011, 1012, 1013, and 1014 are set as the metering request target meter group 101 as an embodiment of the present invention. In addition, a transmission and reception flowchart of the S3 process of FIG. 3, which is a process of substantially receiving usage information among a plurality of processes, will be described as an example.

When the first meter 1011 requests a meter reading, the first meter 1011 transmits usage information to the first meter-side communication unit 1021 using a low-speed communication network, and the first meter-side communication unit 1021 sends the first meter 1011 to the first meter-side communication unit 1021. ), There is a time t1 for transmitting a signal for requesting transmission of usage information and a time t2 for receiving usage information from the first meter-side communication means 1021 from the first meter 1011, and the first meter-side. The time (2001, t) corresponding to the step in which the communication means 1021 receives a usage information transmission request from the remote meter concentrator 103 and the first meter-side communication means 1021 are connected to the remote meter concentrator 103. There may be a step 2011 of transmitting the usage information measured by the first meter 1011. Therefore, the time when the usage information is transmitted from the first meter 1011 to the remote meter concentrator 103 becomes a total T (= 2 × t + t1 + t2). Therefore, the time taken to transmit the usage information of the four meters 1011, 1012, 1013, and 1014 using the conventional technology can only exceed 4xT.

Meanwhile, according to the embodiment of the present invention, the four meter-side communication means 1021 and 1022 respectively request the meter reading request to the usage information transmission request for the four meter reading request meter groups 1011, 1012, 1013, and 1014. , 1023, 1024 in turn, the four meter-side communication means 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024 immediately send a signal requesting transmission of usage information to each of the meters 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014. The meter-side communication means 1021, 1022, 1023, and 1024 receive usage information from each of the meters 1011, 1012, 1013, and 1014, and transmit the usage information to the remote meter reading concentrator 103 using a high-speed communication network. The remote meter reading concentrator 103 receives usage information from each of the meter-side communication means 1021, 1022, 1023, and 1024 through a high-speed communication network, and simultaneously transmits each usage information to the meter 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014 through a delimiter. ).

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the remote metering concentrator 103 transmits a usage information transmission request signal to the metering request target meter side communication means group 1021, 1022, 1023, and 1024 in order, but each meter side The communication means 1021, 1022, 1023, and 1024 can be distinguished by the delimiter even if they transmit signals in response to the remote meter concentrator 103, regardless of the order, so that the four meters 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014 For the time it takes for the remote meter concentrator 103 to receive the usage information, referring to FIG. 2, the step of transmitting the usage information from the first meter-side communication unit 1021 to the remote meter concentrator 103 (2011) Δt (= 3 × t + α) only from the fourth meter-side communication means 2021, which is the last to the end of the usage information transmission step 2014 for the remote reading concentrator 103, from the end of Elixir, because it is added to T The speed of information transfer in the use of time is possible. In addition, since the respective use information is divided by the delimiter, the above-described plurality of processes can also be individually managed for each of the meters 1011 to 101n, thereby reducing the time required for the necessary processes in addition to the use information transmission / reception time T. It works.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the additional time of Δt is applied to the data collision avoidance algorithm in the high-speed communication network between the meter-side communication unit 102 and the remote meter concentrator 103, which are generally performed in parallel usage information transmission. It is an additional time for sending and receiving usage information constantly. Although it can be distinguished by a delimiter, if a large amount of data is received at the same time, there is a loss due to data collision. Therefore, when using a high-speed communication network, each use information that can be identified by the delimiter is received. In addition to the above-mentioned data collision avoidance algorithm, a meter reading request other than after receiving data for simultaneous use and receiving usage information on a meter requesting target meter (any one of 1011 to 101n) to which a metering request is first transmitted by a delimiter in case of a collision. Algorithms that re-receive usage information of the target meter group 101 may also be used.

In addition to the transmission and reception of the use information required in the embodiment of the present invention, the above-described plurality of processes may also follow the flowchart of time shown in FIG. 2. However, since the reading request target meter-side communication means group 102 does not need to communicate with the meter reading request meter group 101 except for the process of transmitting and receiving the usage information, the plurality of processes are assigned to the following plurality of processes. The management description is performed as shown in FIG. 4.

The delimiter is for improving the reliability of the collision and meter reading on the usage information in the remote meter concentrator 103 and the remote meter reading server 104 in correspondence with each piece of usage information and each meter 101. In the embodiment of the present invention, the separator is generated based on the high speed communication network and each of the meters 1011 to 101n. In addition, the present invention implements a high-speed parallel meter reading using a protocol type identifier (or SAP ID (Service Access Point ID)) that is not conventionally used to distinguish the existing communication protocol. In the present invention, the above-mentioned feature is used as a delimiter for the usage information based on the MAC address of the high speed modem installed in the meter-side communication means 102 mentioned in the high speed communication network and the protocol delimiter for remote meter reading. . This prevents crosstalk between the respective meter side communication means 102 and distinguishes communication connections to each of the meter side communication means 101.

In addition, when a plurality of pieces of usage information are sent by the delimiter, the remote metering server 104 can distinguish them, and thus, the meter reading unit 103 can combine and transmit the usage information of each meter 101 for each delimiter. Therefore, the transmission of usage information from the remote meter concentrator 103 to the remote meter server 104 also has an advantage of increasing efficiency.

In the embodiment of the present invention, in addition to the transmission and reception of each use information divided by the separator as mentioned above, in the process of dividing and processing a plurality of processes required for use information delivery and additional services, etc. by meter 101, In order to simplify the structure and reduce program memory by operating multiple separate processes for each communication connection between the meter-side communication device 102 and the remote meter concentrator 103, each meter-side communication means in the modem driver stage of the high-speed communication network Each of a plurality of separate processes is allocated based on the MAC address of each modem that is in charge of communication between the 102 and the remote meter concentrator 103. Therefore, by managing the separator and the plurality of processes separately, as shown in FIG. 2, even if the meter-side communication unit 102 does not sequentially transmit the usage information to the remote meter reading concentrator 103, it is possible to effectively process the plurality of processes. It can be.

A schematic flowchart of an effective management structure of the aforementioned plurality of processes is shown in FIG. 4.

Referring to FIG. 4, a parallel structure for a plurality of processes operates separate processes for each communication connection. This separate process is based on the MAC address of the modem and will first start the first metering process 4001, which is the start of the process for the group of meters 101. At this time, the first meter reading process 4001 is assigned a process, that is, a meter reading progress pointer 401a indicating that the remote meter reading has started, and when the process for the first meter 1011 ends, the first meter reading process 4001 is assigned to the second meter 1012. The MAC address of the modem for the high speed communication network of the meter-side communication means 1022 and the work history (request, response, or data transmission) are assigned to the corresponding process.

Therefore, the process proceeds according to the MAC address and work history of the modem for the high-speed communication network of each meter-side communication means 102, and when the process of the last meter 101n of the n meters 101 is finished, another remote The metering process begins. In an embodiment of the present invention, referring to FIG. 4, the meter 101 at which the first process ends is an n-th meter 101 n. The process of the n-th meter is assigned a meter reading schedule pointer 402 that another process is accessible. Only one process can be performed between each meter between the meter reading pointer 401a and the meter reading pointer 402. This configuration prevents the processor 106 of the remote meter concentrator 103 from proceeding with other processes in the meter 101 and the meter-side communication means 102 currently in process. As a result, collisions between the processes can be prevented, and as mentioned in FIG. 2, even if the processes are terminated out of order, there is an effect of simply solving the termination and return of the processes.

In the embodiment of the present invention, since the plurality of remote meter reading processes mentioned above are scheduled by a higher scheduling first in first out (FIFO) structure in the form of a linked list in the processor 106 of the remote meter concentrator 103, the remote meter reading It is free to delete / add the meter readings according to the change of the process. On the other hand, a plurality of meters 101 of the current meter reading process mentioned above (that is, the meter 101 between the metering progress pointer 401a and the metering schedule pointer 402) end one process regardless of the FIFO position order. As soon as it is deleted. After the reading schedule pointer 402 is allocated, a new reading progress pointer 401b is allocated to notify the progress of the new process.

Another feature of the present invention is to group 410 by meter 101 to proceed with the plurality of processes to collect separate metering cycles and usage information according to the type of customer. The work group 410 is the ID of the group 410, the list of the meter 101 included in the group 410, the details of the usage information to be collected or set from the meter 101, periodic meter reading Interval, usage information in group 410 latest update time, remote metering priority for differentiation between groups 410, ID of meter 101 separately for meter 101, collected usage information, usage information update time And information on whether to update, whether or not the meter reading (communication) is successful, and the protocol version. The plurality of groups 410 are managed by a circular scheduler and assigned to a plurality of process task sequence FIFOs. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 4, when a plurality of processes of a group ends, a plurality of processes according to the new group 410 are restarted, and a metering progress pointer 401c is allocated thereto.

In addition, the meter reading work group 410 can be freely added / deleted / modified during operation from the remote meter reading server 104, and arranged according to the priority, the meter reading is made according to the priority, priority even when excessive allocation of meter reading information Higher priority workgroups (for example, from the first workgroup 4101 to the nth workgroup 410n) are performed first to support the collection of important meter reading information.

Embodiments of the invention described above are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to limit the scope of the claims. In addition to the invention mentioned in the embodiments of the present invention, it will be obvious that the equivalent invention having the same function also falls within the scope of the present invention.

1 is a schematic device diagram of a parallel remote intelligent meter reading apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 illustrates an example of a parallel data transmission / reception structure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is an example of a plurality of processes according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 illustrates an example of a procedure and a structure of a plurality of processes for each group according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

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A plurality of meter-side communications connected to each of a plurality of meters installed for each generation for measuring at least one usage information of electricity, gas, water, heating, hot water according to the request of the meter reading using a low-speed communication network, the acquisition and transmission of the usage information Sudan, The plurality of process request signals are transmitted to a plurality of process target meter side communication means groups including a process of acquiring the usage information required for the meter reading request, and a response signal for the plurality of processes is sent from the meter side communication means group. And a remote metering concentrator which separates the meter by the meter by using a separator and transmits the combined usage information to a remote meter reading server based on a response signal of the meter side communication means group for the plurality of processes. In parallel, intelligent remote meter reading device. The method of claim 1, wherein the meter reading request, And a request sent from the remote meter reading server to the remote meter reading device or a periodic request according to the setting of the remote meter reading server. The method according to claim 1, And the request signal is sequentially transmitted to the plurality of process target meter side communication means groups, and the response signal is received in any order from the plurality of process target meter side communicators. The method according to claim 1, wherein the delimiter, And a meter identifier using at least one of a MAC (Media Access Control) address of the plurality of meter-side communication means and a protocol type identifier for a remote meter reading of the high-speed communication network. The method according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of processes, Parallel and intelligent remote meter reading, including a request and response for the connection or disconnection of the plurality of meter-side communication means and the remote meter concentrator and authentication for the measurement of the usage information, and the transmission and reception of the usage information. Device. The method of claim 1, wherein the remote meter concentrator, In order to correspond to each of the plurality of meters only one of the plurality of processes, a metering progress signal for notifying the start of one process and a metering scheduled signal for notifying the end of the one process are generated for each of the plurality of processes, And a function of prohibiting execution of the plurality of processes different between the meter reading progress signal and the meter reading scheduled signal. The method of claim 1, wherein the remote meter concentrator, According to the measurement period of the usage information and the meter reading request, the plurality of process target meters are grouped, and the order of measurement of each group is set to FIFO (First In First Out) and a cyclic structure to respectively configure the plurality of processes. And further comprising performing per group of parallel intelligent remote metering device. The method according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of processes, And setting the execution order of each of the plurality of processes and the process order of the plurality of meters for each of the plurality of processes in a FIFO structure. The method of claim 3, wherein the response signal, And a collision avoidance algorithm for the shared media of the response signals grouped or a retransmission and reception algorithm of the response signals in a collision. Transmitting, by the remote meter concentrator, a plurality of process request signals including usage information acquiring processes required for meter reading to a group of meter-side communication means targeted for meter reading; In response to the plurality of process request signals, transmitting the plurality of process response signals based on communication using a low speed communication network with the meter reading request counter meter in response to the meter reading request meter-side communication means group; Receiving, by the remote metering concentrator, the plurality of process response signals of the metering party target meter-side communication means group and classifying the meter by the meter using a delimiter; and And combining, by the remote meter reading concentrator, in a state capable of transmitting the usage information based on the performance of the plurality of processes, and transmitting the combined information to a remote meter reading server. The method of claim 9, wherein the meter reading request, And a request sent from the remote meter reading server to the remote meter reading device or a periodic request according to the setting of the remote meter reading server. The method according to claim 9, And the request signal is sequentially transmitted to the plurality of process target meter side communication means groups, and the response signal is received from the plurality of process target meter side communication means in any order. The method according to claim 9, wherein the delimiter, A method for distinguishing and simultaneously transmitting the usage information measured from the plurality of meters, wherein one of a MAC (Media Access Control) address of the plurality of meter-side communication means and a protocol type identifier for remote meter reading of the high-speed communication network is used. Using the above, parallel remote intelligent meter reading method. The method of claim 9, wherein the plurality of processes, Parallel and intelligent remote meter reading, including a request and response for the connection or disconnection of the plurality of meter-side communication means and the remote meter concentrator and authentication for the measurement of the usage information, and the transmission and reception of the usage information. Way. The method according to claim 9, In order to correspond to each of the plurality of meters only one of the plurality of processes, a metering progress signal for notifying the start of one process and a metering scheduled signal for notifying the end of the one process are generated for each of the plurality of processes, Prohibiting the performance of the plurality of processes different between the meter reading progress signal and the meter reading scheduled signal. The method according to claim 9, According to the measurement period of the usage information and the meter reading request, the plurality of process target meters are grouped, and the order of measurement of each group is set to FIFO (First In First Out) and a cyclic structure to respectively configure the plurality of processes. Further comprising the step of performing for each group of, parallel intelligent remote meter reading method. The method of claim 9, wherein the plurality of processes, And setting the execution order of each of the plurality of processes and the process order of the plurality of meters for each of the plurality of processes in a FIFO structure. The method of claim 12, wherein the response signal, And a collision avoidance algorithm for the shared media of the response signals grouped or a retransmission and reception algorithm of the response signals in a collision.

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