  Smart Grid systems not only transport electric energy but also information
which will be active part of the electricity supply system. This has led to the
introduction of intelligent components on all layers of the electrical grid in
power generation, transmission, distribution and consumption units. For
electric distribution systems, Information from Smart Meters can be utilized to
monitor and control the state of the grid. Hence, it is indeed inherent that
data from Smart Meters should be collected in a resilient, reliable, secure and
timely manner fulfilling all the communication requirements and standards. This
paper presents a proposal for smart data collection mechanisms to monitor
electrical grids with adaptive smart metering infrastructures. A general
overview of a platform is given for testing, evaluating and implementing
mechanisms to adapt Smart Meter data aggregation. Three main aspects of
adaptiveness of the system are studied, adaptiveness to smart metering
application needs, adaptiveness to changing communication network dynamics and
adaptiveness to security attacks. Execution of tests will be conducted in real
field experimental set-up and in an advanced hardware in the loop test-bed with
power and communication co-simulation for validation purposes.
