*2.1.1 Meter side*

Message concatenation at the meter side results in a greater reduction in data size than does that at the concentrator side. Data size reduction is greater at the meter side primarily because a meter generates data within a certain period; thus, a longer interval between instances of meter-to-concentrator data transmission yields disproportionately large savings in data size. However, most meters contain lowperformance hardware, hampering this method. Consequently, meters are either overloaded or unable to compress the data.
