PRIME Projects 

As part of the PRIME Alliance, CURRENT is working with leading industry key players such as Landis+Gyr, ST Microelectronics, Texas Instruments, Advanced Digital Design(ADD), Itron, ZIV and in cooperation with Iberdrolo, one of the four largest energy companies in the world, to develop an open and future-proof communications infrastructure to support large-scale metering and other Smart Grid projects.

The PRIME (PoweRline Intelligent Metering Evolution) Alliance was formed in April 2009.  The goal of the Alliance is to define, test and develop a framework in which devices (including meters) interoperate on a fully open physical layer (PHY) and Medium Access Control (MAC) layer.  PRIME has focused on openness and interoperability, and therefore remains unique in promoting a completely open standard.  The Alliance has demonstrated multiple interoperable solutions from different chip, meter, and data concentrator vendors.

Within the PRIME consortium (predecessor of the Alliance before April 2009), CURRENT led the technical group that published the first public version of the PRIME specifications (v1.2).  PRIME specification expertise has been utilized in the design and development of the CURRENT PRIME protocol stack and in integrating the stack with higher layer protocols, including the Device Language Message Specification (DLMS).  The same level of active involvement in the PRIME specification continues in the PRIME Alliance in which CURRENT not only contributes to the Technical and Promotional Working Groups, but also holds the role of the PRIME alliance vice chairman.

Find out more about the PRIME Alliance at http://www.prime-alliance.org.

Learn more about the CURRENT PRIME related products and development services for industry partners at http://www.currentgroup.com/contact.php.