Enhancing Modbus-RTU Communications for Smart Metering in Building Energy Management Systems

In this work, a method for detecting and correcting errors in Modbus-RTU communications is designed, implemented, and assessed in a smart metering application. This is a low-cost solution for improving communication quality in conventional Modbus-RTU architectures with copper fieldbus. It consists o...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Claudio Urrea, Claudio Morales
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi-Wiley 2019-01-01
Series:Security and Communication Networks
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/7010717
Description
Summary:In this work, a method for detecting and correcting errors in Modbus-RTU communications is designed, implemented, and assessed in a smart metering application. This is a low-cost solution for improving communication quality in conventional Modbus-RTU architectures with copper fieldbus. It consists of introducing error detection and correction devices in the network segments most susceptible to errors caused by electromagnetic interference. Experimental validations were conducted and demonstrated the effectiveness of this method for isolating noisy segments in the communication bus, maintaining full compatibility with commercial devices and improving the performance of the entire network.
ISSN:1939-0114
1939-0122