Title :
GEN01-2: A New MAC Protocol for Broadband Powerline Communications Networks
Author :
Chiras, Theodoros ; Koutsakis, Polychronis ; Paterakis, Michael
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Comput. Eng., Tech. Univ. of Crete, Chania
fDate :
Nov. 27 2006-Dec. 1 2006
Abstract :
Powerline communications (PLC) are currently being considered as an alternative for high-speed data communications and Internet access. With multiple outlets in almost every room, power lines are already the most pervasive network in the home or small office. This work presents a new medium access control (MAC) protocol for the "last mile" access PLC networks. Via an extensive simulation study, our protocol is compared to a well-known protocol from the literature and is shown to excel both in network utilization and in the average signaling delay required for the completion of the transmission request procedure.
Keywords :
access protocols; broadband networks; carrier transmission on power lines; MAC protocol; average signaling delay; broadband powerline communications networks; medium access control protocol; network utilization; transmission request procedure; Access protocols; Broadband communication; Communication networks; Computer networks; Frequency; Media Access Protocol; Power engineering and energy; Power engineering computing; Power supplies; Programmable control;
Conference_Titel :
Global Telecommunications Conference, 2006. GLOBECOM '06. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0356-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1930-529X
DOI :
10.1109/GLOCOM.2006.144
