Choosing the right network communications solution is essential for achieving your advanced meter infrastructure (AMI) business goals. Overcoming topographical obstacles, building a robust, reliable network, and future-proofing your investment are just some of the challenges along the way. With myriad technology choices available, how do you select the one that is right for you?

Arc Innovations has invested significantly in research and development of communications alternatives, by working with other organisations' technology. Our experience has shown communications to be the largest component of the technology risk in an AMI solution. As a result, we have invested heavily in mitigating this risk for our customers. We provide the right balance of reliability and long-term cost effectiveness.

Arc Innovations' AMI network solution represents the culmination of years of real world experience out in the field. Over recent years, our company has become a leader in the field of AMI services. Currently it has more than 125,000 advanced meters successfully networked in New Zealand.

Key Benefits

• Flexible AMI network solution. This allows you to overcome environmental and market challenges to reach 100 percent connectivity with customer premise equipment (CPE).
• True two-way communications between the CPE and your meter data management system (MDMS). This means that your AMI network investment will form the foundation of any future smart grid aspirations.
• Highly scalable. The network's intelligent architecture preserves performance and reliability benchmarks as it grows to keep pace with increases in your customer base.
• Reliable and robust. It is self-healing and self-organising to overcome any single point of failure. Every node in the network turns into an intelligent participant in sending, receiving, and routing network traffic.
• Integrated intelligent recovery mechanisms with local data storage at both the nodes and the gateway ensures no data is lost, even in the event of a disruption to communications.