Method for acquiring and communicating data of a smart-metering meter and device for executing the method

A device acting as a relay station for the radio communication of data packets from a meter in a smart-metering network to a center, the device comprising:

• a mobile unit equipped with a communication device being an Internet-capable mobile telephone configured for communication over ISM channels with respect to at least one of hardware or software;
• said mobile unit configured to carry out a position determination and communicate said position determination, and a position determination carried out by the meter, to the center, with the data packets;
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• said mobile unit configured to receive a return message about irregularities in the network from the center directed to said mobile unit based on an instantaneous position of said mobile unit relative to the meter based on said position determinations.

A system for the radio communication of data packets from a meter in a smart-metering network to a center, the meter configured to carry out a position determination, the system comprising:

• at least one device acting as a relay station, including:
• a mobile unit equipped with a communication device being an Internet-capable mobile telephone configured for communication over ISM channels with respect to at least one of hardware or software, said mobile unit configured to carry out a position determination and communicate said position determination, and the position determination carried out by the meter, to the center, with the data packets;
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• the center configured to directly select the at least one device based on an instantaneous position of said mobile unit relative to the at least one meter based on said position determinations and to return a message about irregularities in the network to the selected at least one device.