DocumentCode :
3492540
Title :
Queuing and routing in a hierarchical powerline communication system
Author :
Pacheco, Filipe ; Pinho, Luis Miguel ; Tovar, Eduardo
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Eng., ISEP, Porto
Volume :
2
fYear :
2005
fDate :
19-22 Sept. 2005
Lastpage :
66
Abstract :
Although power-line communication (PLC) is not a new technology, its use to support data communication with timing requirements is still the focus of ongoing research. A new infrastructure intended for communication using power lines from a central location to dispersed nodes using inexpensive devices was presented recently. This new infrastructure uses a two-level hierarchical power-line system, together with an IP-based network. Due to the master-slave behaviour of the PLC medium access, together with the inherent dynamic topology of power-line networks, a mechanism to provide end-to-end communication through the two levels of the power-line system must be provided. In this paper we introduce the architecture of the PLC protocol layer that is being implemented for this end
Keywords :
IP networks; access protocols; carrier transmission on power lines; data communication; queueing theory; telecommunication network routing; IP-based network; PLC medium access; PLC protocol layer; data communication; end-to-end communication; hierarchical powerline communication system; inherent dynamic topology; master-slave behaviour; Access protocols; Data communication; Master-slave; Mobile communication; Network topology; Power system management; Power system reliability; Programmable control; Routing; Wireless networks;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation, 2005. ETFA 2005. 10th IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Catania
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9401-1
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ETFA.2005.1612663
Filename :
1612663
Link To Document :
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