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Cisco has formed an alliance with smart metering company, Itron to incorporate IPv6 based communications technology in products for the smart grid market.
Cisco and Itron say they will work together to "deliver a definitive 21st century IP-based communications platform to the smart grid market and help advance more consistent and reliable delivery of energy across the electric distribution system and into homes and businesses."
Specifically, the two companies plan to develop standards-based, secure technology for full IPv6 implementation of field area communications to support smart metering, intelligent distribution automation and interfaces to the customer premise.
The claim that this approach will help ensure consistent and interoperable wired and wireless communications among the various components of the smart grid, enabling utilities to scale to meet the demands of increasingly empowered customers and highly distributed generation portfolios.
They plan to jointly develop the reference design that defines a standard for smart grid field area and smart metering network communications. Itron will license and embed Cisco IP technology within its OpenWay meters and will distribute Cisco networking equipment and software as part of its smart meter deployments.
Itron claims to be "the world's leading provider of smart metering, data collection and utility software systems. It says: "nearly 8,000 utilities worldwide rely on our technology to optimise the delivery and use of energy and water. Our offerings include electricity, gas, water and heat meters; network communication technology; collection systems and related software applications; and professional services."
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