LGU+, 'Sudowon Remote Meter Reading Solution' Obtains Public Procurement Service Excellent Product Certification

LG Uplus announced on the 27th that its water remote metering solution, which applies the ‘Directional Underground Antenna Patent Technology,’ has received the Excellent Product Certification from the Public Procurement Service. This is the first time that underground antenna technology has been recognized as an excellent product in the field of information and communication.

The directional underground antenna patent technology, jointly developed with ‘Hightech & Sol,’ a developer of water remote metering solutions, enhances the wireless communication performance of terminal devices attached under manholes. Considering the characteristics of radio waves that cannot penetrate metal manhole covers, the technology increases signal strength by sending signals to areas around the manhole with the least signal attenuation, such as shallow soil and concrete, thereby dramatically improving communication success rates and signal reach distance.

An LG Uplus employee is introducing a remote water meter reading solution that applies directional underground antenna patented technology.
[Photo by LG Uplus]

Previously, communication success rates dropped due to signal attenuation under manholes, requiring separate optimization of base station antennas. By applying this technology to improve wireless communication performance, it not only reduces the hassle of additional work but also strengthens the signal more than 10 times compared to existing omnidirectional antenna technology, enhancing the quality of remote metering services.

The LG Uplus remote metering solution, which applies directional antenna technology, received the Excellent Product Certification from the Public Procurement Service in recognition of this technology. Furthermore, by improving the signal environment inside manholes, communication is possible even with low-power signals, extending the battery life of metering products by more than 50%.

LG Uplus plans to first apply this technology to water metering solutions and gradually expand its application range to wireless terminal solutions that monitor underground facilities such as electricity, heating, water and sewage, and gas pipelines.

Jeon Young-seo, head of LG Uplus Enterprise Service Development Lab, said, “It is especially meaningful that the antenna technology developed through technical cooperation with domestic SMEs has been commercialized and recognized for its technological excellence through registration as an excellent product by the Public Procurement Service.” He added, “We will expand the IoT ecosystem, continue to lead wireless communication technology, and secure market leadership with specialized technologies tailored to the needs of various corporate customers.”

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