WO2014132446A1 - Dispositif terminal radio, réseau de radio-mailles et procédé de communication - Google Patents

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WO2014132446A1
WO2014132446A1 PCT/JP2013/055693 JP2013055693W WO2014132446A1 WO 2014132446 A1 WO2014132446 A1 WO 2014132446A1 JP 2013055693 W JP2013055693 W JP 2013055693W WO 2014132446 A1 WO2014132446 A1 WO 2014132446A1
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  • the present invention relates to a wireless terminal device compatible with wireless multi-hop communication.
  • transmission efficiency decreases as the number of hops increases, so it is also necessary from the viewpoint of transmission efficiency to keep the number of hops from increasing more than necessary while maintaining the communication quality of each wireless section above a certain level. It becomes important.
  • the network When using wireless multi-hop communication for automatic meter reading of electricity, gas, water, etc., the network is constructed so that the data collection device is at the center of the area, thereby suppressing the maximum number of hops and the average number of hops.
  • the meter reading time (the time required for acquiring the meter reading result from the terminal) for all the terminals to be configured is shortened.
  • the location where the data collection device can be installed is limited to the machine room or manager's room, and cannot be installed in the center of the apartment There is.
  • the maximum hop count is at the diagonal end of the top floor, and the maximum number of hops when a data collection device is installed at the center of the apartment.
  • the number of hops may be nearly double. As the number of hops increases, the transmission time becomes longer, and the time required for error detection / retransmission processing also becomes longer. Therefore, measures such as dividing and transmitting data are necessary to reduce the error rate.
  • the present invention has been made in view of the above, and an object thereof is to obtain a wireless terminal device, a wireless mesh network, and a communication method that realize efficient data transmission in a multi-hop communication system.
  • the present invention is a wireless terminal device that forms a wireless mesh network together with a data collection device that collects meter-reading data, and between the adjacent wireless terminal devices.
  • a data collection device that collects meter-reading data
  • the adjacent wireless terminal devices are managed in the adjacent terminal information table when receiving a transmission request for meter reading data and the adjacent terminal information table for managing the communication quality and the number of hops from other adjacent wireless terminal devices to each data collecting device Determine the size of the meter reading data to be transmitted based on the information or the communication performance with the transmission destination data collection device of the meter reading data, and according to the determination result, the meter reading data is divided and transmitted in multiple times, or And data transmission means for transmitting the meter reading data without dividing it.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the wireless mesh system according to the first embodiment.
  • FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the master station.
  • FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a wireless processing unit provided in the master station.
  • FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a slave station.
  • FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the collection operation of meter reading data.
  • FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation when the slave station receives a message from another slave station or the master station.
  • FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an example of an operation in which the slave station that has received the meter-reading request message generates and transmits a meter-reading response message.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the wireless mesh system according to the first embodiment.
  • FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the master station.
  • FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating
  • FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a meter reading response message.
  • FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a meter reading response message with a division number of 1 (no division).
  • FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a meter reading response message with the number of divisions of two.
  • FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of the meter reading response message with the number of divisions of three.
  • FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing an example of the transfer operation by the slave station that has received the meter-reading data response message.
  • FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation when the slave station that receives the divided message transfers the divided message as it is.
  • FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a retransmission control operation according to the second embodiment.
  • FIG. 15 is a diagram illustrating an example of meter reading data included in the meter reading response message.
  • FIG. A wireless terminal device according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
  • the wireless terminal device has a function as a watt hour meter in addition to a wireless communication function.
  • the wireless terminal device operates in a state where it is installed in a consumer (home, factory, etc.), and forms a wireless mesh network together with wireless terminal devices installed in other nearby consumers.
  • the measurement result (meter reading data) by the watt-hour meter function is transmitted to the device requesting the meter reading data via the wireless mesh network.
  • a wireless terminal device is expressed as a slave station, and a data collection device that requests the wireless terminal device to transmit meter-reading data is expressed as a parent station.
  • FIG. 1 is a first embodiment of a wireless mesh system including a wireless mesh network (hereinafter referred to as a wireless network) formed by a slave station and a master station (data collection device) which are wireless terminal devices according to the present invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a structure.
  • a wireless mesh network hereinafter referred to as a wireless network
  • master station data collection device
  • the wireless mesh system of the present embodiment constitutes an electric energy meter reading system, and as shown in FIG. 1, the electric energy is measured and the resulting data (meter reading data) is used as necessary.
  • the management server 1 is connected to the master station 2 via the wide area network 3 provided by the. Although an example in which the management server 1 and the master station 2 are connected by wire is shown, a wireless connection may be used as long as required communication quality can be realized.
  • Each master station 2 has the same function, and each slave station 5 has the same function.
  • the management server 1 includes a central control unit that controls the functions of the system, a communication control unit that performs communication via the master station 2 and the wide area network 3, And a storage device that holds data such as the amount of power acquired from the slave station 5 via the master station 2.
  • FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the master station 2.
  • the master station 2 includes a master station central control unit 51 that performs data processing with the management server 1 or the slave station 5, and a radio processing unit that performs radio communication control for performing wireless network communication with the slave station 5. 52, and an optical input / output unit 54 and a communication processing unit 53 for connecting to the wide area network 3 through the optical cable 4.
  • FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the wireless processing unit 52 provided in the master station 2.
  • the radio processing unit 52 measures the electric field strength level between the antenna switch 76 for switching the plurality of antennas 70 and the slave station 5 shown in FIG.
  • a routing table 74 for storing route information to each slave station 5 necessary for transmitting data to the slave station 5 based on the address, and all functions of the wireless processing unit 52 are controlled.
  • 51 a wireless communication control unit 77 that performs data transmission / reception processing with respect to 51, control of the antenna switch 76, and the like.
  • the radio network control unit 73 of the radio processing unit 52 communicates with the slave stations 5 forming the radio network via the antenna 70 and the radio unit 71, and performs address allocation, registration, and management of all the slave stations 5. Do.
  • the master station 2 When the master station 2 receives the request data from the management server 1, in the master station 2, the received request data is transferred to the master station central control unit 51 via the optical input / output unit 54 and the communication processing unit 53, After the master station central control unit 51 performs predetermined data processing, it is further transferred to the wireless processing unit 52.
  • the wireless processing unit 52 the transferred request data is received by the wireless network control unit 73, and the wireless network control unit 73 follows the path information stored in the routing table 74, and the wireless I / F unit 72 and the wireless unit 71.
  • the request data is transmitted from the management server 1 to the designated slave station 5 via the antenna switch 76 and the antenna 70.
  • FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the slave station 5.
  • the slave station 5 includes a plurality of antennas 80 used for wireless communication with the master station 2 and other slave stations 5, an antenna switch 86 for switching the antenna to be used, and others forming a wireless network.
  • routing table 84 for storing route information to other devices forming the wireless network, various data including measurement data in own device and measurement data received from other devices, The field strength level between the data relay processing unit 83 to be transmitted to other devices according to the information and the peripheral master station 2 or other slave stations 5, the number of hops from each peripheral slave station 5 to the master station 2, etc.
  • Adjacent communication table 87 (adjacent terminal information table), a wireless communication control unit 87 that has various functions including processing functions for data addressed to itself, and controls the antenna switch 86, the wireless I / F unit 82, and the like, and the adjacent table 94
  • a communication timer unit 88 for periodically acquiring various information to be stored in the communication storage unit 89 for storing data and the amount of electric power used by consumers in an environment where the self (substation) is installed,
  • a measuring unit 93 that measures an electric quantity related value such as current, voltage, and frequency, a control storage unit 95 that stores an electric quantity related value, and a consumer ( A switch 92 for switching start / stop of power supply to a consumer), a central control unit 91 for controlling each unit for realizing a function as a watt hour meter, such as the switch 92 and the metering unit 93, and wireless communication Control unit 87 and A communication processing unit 90 for realizing the communication between the central control unit 91, and a.
  • the central control unit 91, the switch 92, the measuring unit 93, and the control storage unit 95 function as watt-hour meters (power supply to consumers, measuring / measuring power consumption, etc.) )I will provide a.
  • the antenna 80, the antenna switch 86, the wireless unit 81, the wireless I / F unit 82, the data relay processing unit 83, the routing table 84, the wireless communication control unit 87, the adjacent table 94, the communication timer unit 88, and the communication storage unit 89 are wireless.
  • a wireless communication function including a function for forming a network and a function for communicating with other devices.
  • the measuring unit 93 may be configured separately (an external measuring device that can be connected to the slave station 5).
  • communication (message transmission / reception) with the master station 2 or another slave station 5 is performed via the antenna 80, the radio unit 81, and the radio I / F unit 82.
  • the data relay processing unit 83 determines whether it is addressed to itself or other than itself. If it is addressed to itself, the received message is transferred to the wireless communication control unit 87, and the wireless communication control unit 87 executes a predetermined process. When a response message needs to be transmitted in response to the received message, the response message is transferred from the wireless communication control unit 87 to the data relay processing unit 83, and the wireless I / O is transmitted according to the route information stored in the routing table 84. It is transmitted via the F unit 82, the radio unit 81 and the antenna 80.
  • the data relay processing unit 83 receives the data via the wireless I / F unit 82, the wireless unit 81, the antenna switch 86, and the antenna 80 according to the route information in the routing table 84. Send (forward) a message.
  • the received message may include routing information indicating a communication path.
  • the data relay processing unit 83 performs relay processing (transfer) of the received message according to the routing information included in the received message.
  • the wireless communication control unit 87 When the wireless communication control unit 87 receives various data from the central control unit 91 via the communication processing unit 90, the wireless communication control unit 87 stores the data in the communication storage unit 89.
  • the communication timer unit 88 notifies the wireless communication control unit 87 every time a predetermined time has elapsed when the operation is started, and when the wireless communication control unit 87 receives this notification, An information data request is transmitted to the other slave station 5.
  • the electric field strength measuring unit 85 of the wireless unit 81 measures the reception level (electric field strength level) of the information data response.
  • the wireless communication control unit 87 receives the electric field strength level obtained by the measurement by the electric field strength measuring unit 85 and the number of hops to the master station 2 included in the received information data response, and stores them in the adjacent table 94. .
  • FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the collection operation of meter reading data.
  • the master station 2 individually transmits a meter reading request message to the slave station 5 in the wireless network.
  • the meter-reading request message includes information indicating which slave station is requesting meter-reading data (information of a slave station as a request destination) and information of a master station as a request source.
  • the slave station 5 that has received the meter-reading request message determines whether it corresponds to the request-destination slave station, and if not, transfers the meter-reading request message. If it corresponds to the requested slave station, it returns a meter reading response message including meter reading data.
  • the meter-reading response message includes information on the slave station that is the transmission source of meter-reading data, and information on the transmission destination of meter-reading data (master station that is requesting meter-reading data).
  • the slave station 5 that has requested meter reading data transmits meter reading data using one meter reading response message.
  • the slave station 5 has a large number of hops to the requesting master station 2, If the rate of occurrence of communication errors is high due to reasons such as including sections with poor communication quality, meter reading data is divided into a plurality of meter reading response messages.
  • FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of the operation when the slave station 5 receives a message from another slave station 5 or the master station 2. Each time the slave station 5 receives a message, it executes an operation according to the flowchart shown in FIG.
  • step S1 the slave station 5 analyzes the received message (step S1) and confirms whether or not it is addressed to itself (step S2). If it is not addressed to itself (step S2: No), the received message is discarded (step S3).
  • step S4 In the case of a message addressed to itself (step S2: Yes), it is confirmed whether or not it is a meter reading response message (step S4). In the case of a meter reading response message (step S4: Yes), the meter reading response message that is a received message is transferred according to the route information (step S8).
  • step S4 if it is not a meter reading response message (step S4: No), it is confirmed whether or not the received message is a meter reading request message (step S5).
  • step S5 the process according to the content of the received message is executed (step S9).
  • step S5 Yes
  • step S6 Yes
  • step S7 a meter reading response message is generated and transmitted (returned)
  • step S10 a meter reading request message that is a received message is transferred according to the path information
  • FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of an operation in which the slave station 5 that has received a meter reading request message for requesting meter reading data to itself generates and transmits a meter reading response message.
  • step S7 of FIG. 6 described above the procedure shown in FIG. 7 is executed to transmit a meter reading response message.
  • the slave station 5 When the slave station 5 receives the meter reading request message requesting the meter reading data from itself, the slave station 5 collects the meter reading data (step S21). That is, the wireless communication control unit 87 (see FIG. 4) of the slave station 5 requests meter reading data from the central control unit 91 via the communication processing unit 90 and acquires the meter reading data stored in the control storage unit 95. To do.
  • the wireless communication control unit 87 that acquired the meter-reading data next, for example, based on the error occurrence rate of a message transmitted in the past to the requesting master station 2 or information stored in the adjacent table 94 Based on the above, the number of divisions of meter-reading data (in which number of messages the meter-reading data is transmitted) is determined (step S22). Some examples of the method of determining the number of divisions by the wireless communication control unit 87 as data transmission means are shown.
  • the wireless communication control unit 87 divides the meter reading data if the error occurrence rate is high. Will be sent in multiple steps. If the error rate is low, transmission is performed without dividing. For example, a correspondence table between the error occurrence rate and the number of divisions is created and held in advance, and the number of divisions is determined according to the correspondence table.
  • Example 2 When determining the number of divisions based on the signal reception level from the first (next) transmission destination (adjacent child station 5) of meter-reading data, the wireless communication control unit 87 determines the child of the next transmission destination. If the signal reception level from the station 5 does not reach a certain level, the meter reading data is divided and transmitted. The number of divisions is increased as the reception level is lower.
  • the wireless communication control unit 87 divides and transmits meter-reading data when the number of hops reaches a certain value. I will do it. The larger the number of hops, the larger the number of divisions.
  • division number determination methods are examples, and the division number may be determined based on other information related to communication quality.
  • the optimum number of divisions may be determined in consideration of a plurality of information.
  • the wireless communication control unit 87 determines the number of divisions, the wireless communication control unit 87 generates a meter reading response message having the number and content corresponding to the determined number of divisions, and transmits the message to the requesting master station 2 (step S23).
  • FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the meter reading response message.
  • the meter reading response message is composed of a header portion and a data portion, and the header portion includes “next reply destination address”, “own address”, “data reply destination”, “data reply source”, “sequence number. And “number of divisions”.
  • the “next reply destination address” indicates the direct destination of the meter reading response message (the slave station 5 or the master station 2 that should receive this message).
  • the “own address” indicates the slave station 5 that transmits the meter reading response message.
  • Data reply destination indicates the final destination of the meter reading response message (master station 2 that has requested meter reading data).
  • “Data return source” indicates the slave station 5 that has collected meter reading data (the slave station 5 that has generated the meter reading response message).
  • “Sequence No.” is message identification information
  • “Number of divisions” is information indicating how many pieces of meter-reading data are divided and transmitted. For example, when meter-reading data is divided into two and transmitted (when divided into two meter-reading response messages and transmitted), the same sequence number is set for the two messages, and the number of divisions of one message is set to “1 / 2 ”, the other message division number is set to“ 2/2 ”.
  • the receiving side can know whether or not the meter reading data has been divided and transmitted, and how many pieces of the meter reading data have been divided, and can also grasp the original arrangement order of the meter reading data.
  • the division number is set to “1”.
  • the setting content of the division number is an example, and any setting value may be used as long as the receiving side can understand how the meter reading data is divided and transmitted.
  • a plurality of meter reading data (for example, 6 pieces) are stored.
  • the meter reading data # 1 to # 6 shown in FIG. 8 are the latest five meter reading data from the latest meter reading data.
  • the latest data is meter reading data # 1
  • the oldest is meter reading data # 6.
  • FIG. 10 shows an example of a meter reading response message with a division number of 2
  • FIG. 11 shows an example of a meter reading response message with a division number of 3.
  • 9 to 11 show examples of setting values when the slave station B transfers the meter reading response message generated by the slave station X of FIG. 5 to the slave station A.
  • FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing an example of a transfer operation by the slave station 5 that has received the meter reading data response message.
  • step S8 of FIG. 6 described above the procedure shown in FIG. 12 is executed to transfer the meter reading response message.
  • the wireless communication control unit 87 as the data transfer means determines whether or not the received message is a divided message, that is, the meter reading includes a part of the divided meter reading data. It is confirmed whether it is a response message (step S31). Whether the message is divided is determined from the number of divisions in the header (see FIG. 8).
  • step S31 If it is not a split message (step S31: No), the received meter reading response message is transferred according to the route information (step S42).
  • step S31 Yes
  • step S32 If the divided message reception waiting timer is running (step S32: Yes), based on another divided message that has already been received, that is, the meter reading response message having the same sequence number (see FIG. 8) and the divided message received this time.
  • the message before being divided is assembled (step S33). Specifically, the meter reading data stored in each divided message is extracted and combined.
  • step S34 it is confirmed whether or not the assembly has been completed, that is, whether or not all the divided messages have been received (step S34), and if not completed, the process ends (step S34: No), and the next meter reading data response Wait for the message to be sent.
  • step S34: Yes it is confirmed whether the once assembled message needs to be subdivided (step S35). If subdivision is not required (step S35: No), the assembled message (meter reading response message in which all meter reading data is stored in the data portion) is transferred according to the path information (step S37).
  • Whether or not re-division is necessary is determined based on the error occurrence rate of messages transmitted in the past to the requesting master station 2 (master station 2 serving as the data transmission destination) or the adjacency table 94 (see FIG. 4). Judgment based on information stored in (). For example, if the error occurrence rate of a message transmitted to the requesting master station 2 in the past is high, it is determined that re-division is necessary. If the error rate is low, it is determined that subdivision is not necessary. The determination may be made based on the signal reception level with the next reply destination (slave station or parent station) of the message and the execution status of the retransmission process.
  • the information used for determining whether or not re-division is necessary is the determination of the number of divisions of meter-reading data when the meter-reading request message requesting the meter-reading data is received (processing in step S22 in FIG. 7). It is desirable to be the same as the information used in).
  • the communication quality with the data transmission destination master station 2 or the communication quality with the next return destination is good, a plurality of meter-reading response messages transmitted as divided messages are stored in one. Since the message is reassembled and transferred, the transmission efficiency can be improved. In addition, the transmission time to the master station can be shortened.
  • step S35 If it is determined that re-division is necessary (step S35: Yes), the assembled message is divided into the number determined based on the information stored in the adjacent table 94 (see FIG. 4) (step S36).
  • the method for determining the number of divisions is the same as the determination method used when determining in step S22 of FIG. After the division is completed, a plurality of division messages (meter reading response messages) created by the division processing are transferred according to the route information.
  • the communication quality with the master station of the message transmission destination is good, that is, the number of divisions of meter-reading data is changed. It is determined whether or not it is necessary (step S39).
  • the criterion for determining whether the communication quality is good is a different reference value depending on the number of divisions. This is for correcting the number of divisions to an appropriate number when the number of divisions is excessive. For example, if a message that is divided into three is received in a communication quality state that does not have a communication quality that can be transmitted without being divided, but only needs to be divided into two, it is not transferred in the three-divided state. In addition, since it becomes possible to transfer the data after changing the state into two, the transmission efficiency can be improved.
  • step S39: No If the communication quality is not good (step S39: No), the received divided message is transferred according to the route information (step S42). On the other hand, when the communication quality is good, that is, when the number of divisions can be reduced (step S39: Yes), the collection of the divided messages and the assembly of the messages are started (step S40), and the divided message reception waiting timer is started (step S40). S41).
  • the split message reception waiting timer stops when it is determined that the assembly is completed in step S34. If this timer has timed out, that is, when a predetermined time has passed without receiving some of the divided data and the message cannot be assembled, the slave station 5 returns the message assembled halfway to the original. After returning to the divided message, each divided message is transferred according to the path information.
  • step S61 After the divided data is transmitted (transferred) (step S61), the operation is terminated when the delivery confirmation is received (step S62: Yes).
  • step S62: No When the delivery confirmation is not received (step S62: No), it is confirmed whether or not the transmitted divided message is the head (step S63). If it is not the top (step S63: No), the process is terminated. If the transmitted message is the first divided message, that is, if the transfer of the first divided message has failed (step S63: Yes), the divided message reception waiting timer is started (step S64), the divided message collection and the message Assembly is started (step S65).
  • step S33 the assembly of the divided messages (step S33) and the necessity of re-division (step S35) are performed. For example, when a divided message divided into two is received, a process of assembling the divided message and then dividing it into three and transferring it becomes possible.
  • dividing when dividing, it shall divide according to the division of the plural (for example, six) meter-reading data stored in a data part. That is, it is divided in the middle of meter reading data so that one meter reading data is not transmitted in different divided messages. Thereby, it is possible to simplify the combining operation of the divided messages on the receiving side.
  • the slave station (wireless terminal device) of this embodiment returns meter-reading data (meter-reading response message) in response to a request from the master station, the communication quality and the number of hops with the request source
  • the meter reading data is divided into a plurality of meter reading response messages based on the communication quality with other neighboring child stations (next hop child stations) and the like.
  • a meter reading response message (divided message) including divided meter reading data is received from another slave station, the communication quality with the request source, the number of hops, other neighboring slave stations (next hop) Based on the communication quality with the other slave station), it is determined whether or not the division number needs to be changed.
  • step S35 may be executed to determine whether division is necessary. In this case, the division number of the meter reading response message can be changed more flexibly.
  • Embodiment 2 a retransmission control operation in the above-described wireless network will be described.
  • the configurations of the wireless mesh system, the master station, and the slave station are the same as those in the first embodiment (see FIGS. 1 to 4).
  • FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of a retransmission control operation in the wireless network according to the second embodiment.
  • a general retransmission control operation is also shown for comparison.
  • the configuration of the meter reading response message is as shown in FIGS.
  • the master station requests the slave station X to retransmit the second message that could not be received.
  • a retransmission request is transferred to the slave station X, and the slave station X retransmits the second message.
  • each slave station (slave stations N, C, B, A) that has transferred the meter-reading response message continues to hold the transferred meter-reading response message for a certain period of time until the delivery confirmation is obtained.
  • a retransmission request is received from the master station, it is checked whether or not the message indicated by the retransmission request is held. If held, the held message is returned. Also, the received retransmission request is not transferred.
  • the meter reading response message is repeatedly transmitted in the sections of the slave stations X, N, C, and B in which the transfer of the meter reading response message is normally completed.
  • the time required for retransmission control can be shortened, and the amount of radio resources used in the entire radio network can be suppressed.
  • the meter reading data # 1 to # 6 included in the meter reading response message are as shown in FIG.
  • meter reading data # 2 to # 6 may have been received by the previous meter reading.
  • the meter reading data # 3 to # 6 may have been received by the previous meter reading.
  • the master station does not make a retransmission request when the meter reading response message that could not be received includes only meter reading data that has already been received in the previous meter reading.
  • the meter reading cycle is 1 hour, the meter reading data included in the second meter reading response message divided into three as shown in FIG. 14 may have been received at the previous meter reading. Therefore, if the master station has already received the master station, it does not request retransmission even if the second meter reading response message cannot be received.
  • the master station when the master station fails to receive a meter reading response message including only meter reading data that has been received in the past, it does not make a retransmission request, so that unnecessary retransmission can be avoided.
  • the wireless terminal device is useful for a multi-hop communication system, and in particular, uses one or a plurality of messages having a length corresponding to communication quality to obtain a certain number of data from a request source. Suitable for wireless terminal devices that transmit to devices.

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La présente invention concerne une station asservie (5) qui forme un réseau de radio-mailles avec une station maîtresse servant de dispositif de collecte de données permettant de collecter des données de relevés de compteur, et est pourvue : d'une table des autocommutateurs adjacents (94) qui gère la qualité de communication avec une autre station asservie adjacente (5) et le nombre de sauts de l'autre station asservie adjacente (5) à chaque station maîtresse ; et d'une unité de commande de radiocommunication (87) qui, lors de la réception d'une demande de transmission des données de relevés de compteur, détermine la taille des données de relevés de compteur à transmettre d'après des informations gérées par la table des autocommutateurs adjacents (94) ou les résultats réels de communication avec une station maîtresse qui est une destination de transmission des données de relevés de compteur, et selon le résultat de la détermination, divise les données de relevés de compteur et transmet séparément de multiples fois les données de relevés de compteur divisées ou transmet les données de relevés de compteur sans diviser les données de relevés de compteur.
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