Evaluation of Exposure to Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields from Smart Utility Meters operating at 868 MHz

Darren Addison; Carolina Calderon; Azadeh Peyman

doi:10.1002/bem.22440

Evaluation of Exposure to Radiofrequency Electromagnetic Fields from Smart Utility Meters operating at 868 MHz

Darren Addison^*, Carolina Calderon, Azadeh Peyman

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Abstract

Power density and duty factor values were measured around smart utility meters operating at 868 MHz under laboratory-controlled conditions. The maximum 6-min averaged exposure recorded was 0.1 mWm⁻², which is less than 0.0024% of the corresponding 1998 ICNIRP general public reference level. Duty factors measured were less than 2.8%. This study found that the exposure contribution from Zigbee smart meter devices operating at 868 MHz is generally lower than, if not similar to, those operating at 2.4 GHz.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	71-76
Number of pages	6
Journal	Bioelectromagnetics
Volume	44
Issue number	3-4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/bem.22440
Publication status	Published - 1 Apr 2023

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© 2023 Crown copyright. Bioelectromagnetics published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of Bioelectromagnetics Society. This article is published with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the King's Printer for Scotland.

Keywords

EMF
RF
Zigbee
public exposure
smart utility meter

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