Ref Criteria Bluetooth M-Bus Wavenis ZigBee ZigBee Z-

Low @ @ Wave
Energy 868MHz 2.4GHz
1.1 Low level of energy
customer
intervention/support
required to maintain
communications
1.2 Ease of installation – i.e.
discovery at meter
installation
1.3 Minimise number of site
visits to
address local
communications issues
– i.e. recovery or remote
correction on
failure/upgrade failure –
will include MTBF and
power consumption on
meter battery as
considerations
1.4 Development tools to
support smart metering
and smart energy market
1.5 Ease of integration into
metering/home products
– e.g. system on chip,
antenna size
1.6 Scope/receptiveness to
accommodate specific
GB smart metering
requirements
2.1 Status as an Open
Standard – accessibility,
defined standards, range
of participants, proven
certification process
2.2 Support for choice of
data exchange format
2.3 Genuine choice and
competition
between silicon vendors

2.4 Interoperable chipsets

2.5 Effort required to update

standards to meet
specific GB
requirements (less effort
Ref Criteria Bluetooth M-Bus Wavenis ZigBee ZigBee Z-
Low @ @ Wave
Energy 868MHz 2.4GHz
= higher score)
2.6 No. of nodes supported
for each
HAN, assuming
minimum capability of 3.
3.1 Consumption/Peak
Current/Power Failure
Management
3.2 Support for battery
powered nodes, but also
for energy smart
metering application
(e.g. data refreshes in
minutes rather than
hours/days for end
nodes)
4.1 Transmission speed –
effective data throughput
in kbps per channel
4.2 Robustness (retry
mechanisms,
acknowledgements,
minimised/nil message
loss – i.e. latency and
dropped packets)
5.1 Typical range (amplified
or non-amplified)
5.2 Suitability for GB meter
locations (consider
internal/external,
stone/concrete, metal
meter cabinets, meter
rooms etc.)
5.3 Vulnerability to signal
interference
5.4 Ability to cope with
signal interference
5.5 Blocking Immunity in
transceiver
6.1 Strength/resilience of
methods used
6.2 Ability to use
rolling/successive keys
6.3 Support for
distinguishing
public/private data, and
for keeping
Ref Criteria Bluetooth M-Bus Wavenis ZigBee ZigBee Z-
Low @ @ Wave
Energy 868MHz 2.4GHz
gas/water/electricity data
independently secure –
i.e. supports 3 different
suppliers for 3 utilities
(and any other
authorised party data
secure)
7.1 Support for “over the air”
upgrades of ‘smart
meter’ nodes – i.e. gas +
electricity meters & in
home display
7.2 Support for security
upgrades
7.3 Support for backwards
compatibility

7.4 Longevity of frequency

7.5 Longevity of solution

technology
(minimum expected
smart meter asset life of
15 years)
8.1 Total cost per home – 1
x electricity meter, 1 x
gas meter with battery, 1
x home display unit = 3
chipsets + additional
battery cost
8.2 Mean Time Between
Failures/Reliability
9.1 Use in equivalent smart
metering deployments

9.2 Use in analogous

applications
9.3 Expectation of ongoing
required upgrades – i.e.
v2009, v2011 (fewer =
higher score?)
9.4 Capacity in vendors to
meet smart metering
demands (meters plus
displays and other
devices) – assume 5
Ref Criteria Bluetooth M-Bus Wavenis ZigBee ZigBee Z-
Low @ @ Wave
Energy 868MHz 2.4GHz
year deployment to 25
million homes
9.5 Availability of non-
metering products that
could be relevant to
smart metering – e.g.
thermostats, display
devices