Title :
A computer network for automatic control of electrical power consumption
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Math. & Comput. Sci., Bar-Ilan Univ., Ramat-Gan, Israel
Abstract :
The increasing demand for localized communication networks implementing electrical power distribution, automatic control, environmental management in buildings, office automation and security monitoring is one of the specific characteristics of local area networks oriented applications. The cost effective solution for this problem is the use of power line circuits as the communications medium for data exchange. A computer network architecture for this is proposed and the protocols stack is developed to support a system of electrical power consumption control that is suitable also for other localized applications
Keywords :
carrier transmission on power lines; distribution networks; local area networks; office automation; packet switching; power consumption; power control; protocols; security of data; telecommunication computing; telecommunication control; automatic control; buildings; computer network architecture; data exchange; electrical power consumption control; electrical power distribution; environmental management; local area networks; localized communication networks; office automation; power line circuits; security monitoring; Application software; Automatic control; Buildings; Communication networks; Computer network management; Computer networks; Data security; Environmental management; Office automation; Power distribution;
Conference_Titel :
Electrotechnical Conference, 1996. MELECON '96., 8th Mediterranean
Conference_Location :
Bari
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3109-5
DOI :
10.1109/MELCON.1996.551289
