User's Guide

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Chapter 5 • Features
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New Meter
When a new meter is installed, the meter and its NIC power up and begin to
communicate with nearby DCUs. Once the NIC learns that it can communicate on
the network, it sends a message to the headend and a durable DTLS security
session is created. Once the session is established the NIC will begin sending up
registration data as well as other messages that are due.
Figure 5.4
Meter Installation and Registration (SysML Sequence Diagram)