Towards the powerline alternative in automotive applications

Author

Benzi, Francesco ; Facchinetti, Tullio ; Nolte, Thomas ; Almeida, Luis

Author_Institution

Univ. of Pavia, Pavia

fYear

2008

fDate

21-23 May 2008

Firstpage

259

Lastpage

262

Abstract

The power line technology has received an increasing attention in the last decades due to its inherent benefits, mainly related to the reduction of cabling and associated costs. Power line communication (PLC) was first employed in power utilities and since the 80s in home automation, too. However, its use in the automotive field received relatively little attention. This paper revisits the related work in using PLC technology for communication within the automotive domain and outlines its possible benefits. Then, it focuses on the issues that need to be addressed when introducing the PLC in the automotive domain. The final goal of this work is to carry out a practical assessment of the PLC technology in the referred domain that may open the way for future use in industrial scale.

Keywords

automotive engineering; carrier transmission on power lines; automotive; power line communication; Automatic control; Automotive applications; Automotive engineering; Bit rate; Communication system control; Communications technology; Costs; Home automation; Power line communications; Programmable control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Factory Communication Systems, 2008. WFCS 2008. IEEE International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Dresden

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2349-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2350-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WFCS.2008.4638753

Filename

4638753