A systematic evaluation method for the operation and communication reliabilities of the PLC networked home appliances

Author

Chang, Tae-Gyu ; Ahn, Nam-Ho ; Kim, Hoon

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Chungang Univ., Seoul, South Korea

Volume

48

Issue

3

fYear

2002

fDate

8/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

765

Lastpage

769

Abstract

This paper presents a systematic method of probing channel characteristics and communication reliabilities of home power line communication (PLC) network applied to Internet accessed control of home appliances. The evaluations are performed for the constructed test-bed of 100 apartment houses supplied with four types of PLC installed home appliances, i.e., refrigerator, air-conditioner, washing machine, and microwave oven. The experimental results, showing well above 90% reliability, support the feasibility of commercially deploying PLC modem installed home appliances and their services for Internet accessed home automation in densely populated residential apartment complexes.

Keywords

Internet; carrier transmission on power lines; consumer electronics; domestic appliances; error statistics; home automation; telecommunication network reliability; BER; Internet accessed control; air-conditioner; channel characteristics; communication reliability; home automation; microwave oven; networked home appliances; operating reliability; power line communication; refrigerator; residential apartment complexes; washing machine; Communication system control; Control systems; Home appliances; IP networks; Microwave communication; Performance evaluation; Power line communications; Power system reliability; Programmable control; Telecommunication network reliability;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-3063

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TCE.2002.1037072

Filename

1037072