A control protocol architecture based on LonTalk protocol for power line data communications

Author

Woo-Seop Kim ; Lok-Won Kim ; Chang-Eun Lee ; Kyeong-Deok Moon ; Suki Kim

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Korea Univ., Seoul, South Korea

fYear

2002

fDate

18-20 June 2002

Firstpage

310

Lastpage

311

Abstract

This paper presents a LonTalk protocol architecture that can alleviate the burden of data communications in the Neuron chip. The proposed protocol is implemented with partly hardware and partly software. The physical layer and the MAC layer of the LonTalk protocol are implemented in hardware. The upper link layer of the LonTalk protocol is implemented with software. We verified the commercial feasibility of the proposed system through the power line tests with the existing LonWorks network. As a result, it is concluded that the proposed architecture provides increasing flexibility and decreasing cost of the system.

Keywords

access protocols; carrier transmission on power lines; data communication; neural chips; LonTalk; MAC layer; Neuron chip; control protocol architecture; data communications; physical layer; power line communication; power line tests; upper link layer; Communication system control; Computer architecture; Data communication; Microprogramming; Modems; Neurons; Power line communications; Programmable control; Protocols; Transceivers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Consumer Electronics, 2002. ICCE. 2002 Digest of Technical Papers. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7300-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCE.2002.1014043

Filename

1014043