Zigbee Communication on Machine to Machine Smart Home Micro Grid for Efficient Controlling System

Data communication between sensors and actuator devices with users in the energy monitoring and control system on the smart grid is very dependent on the existence of a gateway device. This causes the control process to be ineffective because it is very dependent on the Gateway as the communication center. For that we need an effective approach so that the communication process can take place only on the relevant device, i.e. using M2M technology. In its development, the use of M2M technology has challenges related to congestion, error communication and delay so that further research is needed. In this research the development of a smart home micro grid will use M2M technology which enables communication between devices in the smart grid area. One component needed in M2M communication is Zigbee which is a medium for data communication without wires. Zigbee performance is measured using RSSI and Throughput with scenarios without or with obstructions as well as scenarios through the selection of router configurations. Experimental results show optimal performance of zigbee with scenarios in obstacle areas at a distance of 35 meters and in areas without barriers at a distance of 60 meters. In the router configuration selection scenario, it can be concluded that direct configuration is the optimal choice rather than using a router. For this reason, when using a configuration through a router, the number of sending nodes must be minimized.