Data aggregation and routing scheme for smart city public utility services using WSN

Abstract

With the recent initiatives to upgrade the existing public utility services to automated smart public utility services in smart city. There has been a significant research scope in the design and development of an efficient smart city communication infrastructure. This involves connecting different components of the smart city utilities like Electricity, Water and Gas smart meters using wireless sensor network. Based on the smart utility data requirements, new challenges have arisen at the protocol stack with respect to data aggregation and routing in smart utility network using wireless sensors. Data aggregation and routing in this scenario appears to be key element in reducing the amount of traffic in the smart utility grid network to reduce power and extend lifetime of network. In this paper protocol for efficient data aggregation and routing scheme using efficient packet format, protocol and statistical models has been proposed for improving public utility usage efficiency and increasing the lifetime of integrated smart utility grid using wireless sensor network.