Title :
Distributed MAC for OFDM based powerline communication networks
Author :
Elmir Secerbegovic;Melika Bolic;Zlatan Begic
Author_Institution :
Source Code d.o.o. Tuzla, BiH, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Abstract :
We have studied the performance of a distributed medium access control (MAC) scheme in an OFDM based powerline communication (PLC) network. Most of the existing approaches for MAC in PLC networks consider a centralized means of allocating carriers to voice and data calls. We present a distributed approach for carrier allocation where the access units choose a carrier from the set of available carriers by carrier sensing.
Keywords :
"OFDM","Communication networks","Programmable control","Power supplies","Media Access Protocol","Base stations","Spine","Forward error correction","Automatic repeat request","Telecommunications"
Conference_Titel :
ELMAR, 2008. 50th International Symposium
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3364-3
