Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI)

Create More Powerful Connections with Smarter Advanced Metering Infrastructure

We see it everywhere. Connectedness is the norm. And keeping pace with it requires more advanced metrology and sensors, smarter end points, more bandwidth, stronger security and an exceptionally reliable network. You’ll find all this and more in our Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) solution.

The FlexNet^® communication network is the powerful long-range radio system at the heart of our Advanced Metering Infrastructure solutions for Smart Cities, Smart Water, Smart Grid, and Smart Gas solutions.

Need to plan a large-scale, multi-application network? Or simply add new devices? Our AMI solution can address your current needs and grow along with you. Every day our proven, real-world solution allows utilities and municipalities of all sizes greater operational and financial control over their systems.

Flexible, dependable, and smarter at every point in the network, our smart infrastructure solutions keep you connected to the information you need, when you need it—no matter what or where your end points are—to provide the best possible service to your customers.

The power of the network ensures:

Accurate data measurement
Consistent billing and faster billing resolution
Low cost of ownership
Support for multiple Sensus applications including Leak Detection, Pressure Regulation, Distribution Automation, Demand Response, temperature monitoring, etc.
Scalability to grow with your needs
Operational efficiency through advanced data analytics
Access to more data to make informed decisions

Every day, our AMI solution serves more than:

12 million water end points
7 million gas end points
19 million electricity meters
14 million combination-utility end points

(These numbers represent 600 million messages daily across our FlexNet communication network.)

Benefits to you

Operational Efficiency

Timely data delivery
Access to more data to make informed decisions
Real-time management of intermittent outages
Fast, reliable remote connect and disconnect
Improves customer satisfaction
- More timely delivery of data
- Faster system restoration
- Balance supply and demand
Macro-diverse point-to-multipoint design
Low operational costs
Manages the power grid of the future
- Integrate renewables
- Manage distributed generation
Manages and supports on your terms
- Own & operate
- Managed services: Software as a Service, Disaster recovery as a Service, Network as a Service, and Network Operations Center

Reliability

Utility-hardened, point-to-multipoint technology
Less infrastructure to support
Redundant communication paths
Powerful RF network
Superior outage and restoration performance
IPv6-based network architecture
Reduces latency
Wurldtech Achilles certified end-to-end security

Scalability and Flexibility

Support for multiple applications
- Metering
- Alarms
- Outage Management
- Demand Response (DR)
- Distribution Automation (DA)
- Conservation Voltage Reduction (CVR)
- Street lighting
Licensed Spectrum
- Transmit more data
- Transmit data faster
Network architecture
- Prioritize channels and applications
- Reduce latency
- Improve network performance
- Increase application range