NES: The World's Most Advanced Smart Metering Solution
The NES System is the cornerstone of the smart grid.
Echelon's Networked Energy Services System is the first, fundamental step for utilities seeking to update their metering infrastructure. The NES System provides utilities with:
- A metering infrastructure that delivers core services such as:
- Automated meter reading
- Outage detection
- Theft and tampering detection
- Very accurate data collection
- The industry’s highest level of reliability
- Extensibility from 10,000s to millions of customers
- An open service infrastructure with an ecosystem of software, hardware, project management, and service companies with expertise in extending the NES System to meet any existing or future competitive or regulatory need.
- Future-proof hardware and remote firmware upgradability built into the meters.
- The ability to use any existing WAN backhaul including GPRS modem, WiMAX, BPL, and others.
- A smart grid backbone for:
- Residential and light commercial demand response
- Seamless connection to the home area network (HAN)
- Wired or wireless (such as Zigbee or 6LoWPAN) connectivity to energy-aware products
Elegant System Architecture
The NES system consists of a tightly integrated set of components that provide the infrastructure to deliver networked energy services to your utility. The system architecture includes intelligent, communicating digital electricity meters; powerful IP-connected data concentrators; and scalable system software.
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