The Effect of Data Granularity on Load Data Compression

A. Unterweger*, D. Engel, M. Ringwelski

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Abstract

A vast volume of data is generated through smart metering. Suitable compression mechanisms for this kind of data are highly desirable to better utilize low-bandwidth links and to save costs and energy. To date, the important factor of data resolution has been neglected in the compression of smart meter data. In this paper, we review and evaluate compression methods for smart metering in the context of different resolutions. We show that state-of-the-art compression methods are well suited for high resolution, but not for low resolution data. Furthermore, we elaborate on the compression performance differences between appliance-level and household-level load data. We conclude that the latter are practically incompressible at most resolutions. © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEnergy Informatics
Subtitle of host publication4th D-A-CH Conference, EI 2015, Karlsruhe, Germany, November 12-13, 2015, Proceedings
PublisherSpringer International Publishing
Pages69-80
Number of pages12
Volume9424
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-319-25876-8
ISBN (Print)978-3-319-25875-1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015
Event4th D-A-CH Conference on Energy Informatics, EI 2015 - Karlsruhe, Germany
Duration: 12 Nov 201513 Nov 2015

Conference

Conference4th D-A-CH Conference on Energy Informatics, EI 2015
Abbreviated titleEI 2015
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityKarlsruhe
Period12/11/1513/11/15

Keywords

  • Bandwidth compression
  • Electric measuring instruments
  • Information science
  • Smart meters
  • Compression mechanism
  • Compression methods
  • Compression performance
  • Data granularity
  • Data resolutions
  • Different resolutions
  • Low-bandwidth links
  • State of the art
  • Data compression

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