Field performance comparison of IEEE 802.11b and HomePlug 1.0

Author

Lee, M.K. ; Latchman, H.A. ; Newman, R.E. ; Katar, S. ; Yonge, L.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Florida Univ., Gainesville, FL, USA

fYear

2002

fDate

6-8 Nov. 2002

Firstpage

598

Lastpage

599

Abstract

The HomePlug 1.0 standard allows high-speed communication on low-voltage power lines without a requirement for new wires. Effective use of the power line bandwidth requires a robust medium access control (MAC) protocol to mitigate the harsh conditions of the power line channel as well as the capability to support prioritized multimedia traffic. This paper briefly describes the HomePlug 1.0 MAC and PHY protocols, which allow prioritized channel access. It then presents field test results comparing this with the more familiar IEEE 802.11b protocol.

Keywords

IEEE standards; access protocols; carrier transmission on power lines; mobile computing; mobile radio; multimedia communication; quality of service; telecommunication traffic; wireless LAN; HomePlug 1.0 standard; IEEE 802.11b; PHY protocols; field performance; high-speed communication; low-voltage power lines; medium access control; power line channel; prioritized channel access; prioritized multimedia traffic; robust MAC protocol; Access protocols; Bandwidth; Communication standards; Communication system traffic control; Media Access Protocol; Multimedia systems; Physical layer; Robust control; Testing; Wires;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Local Computer Networks, 2002. Proceedings. LCN 2002. 27th Annual IEEE Conference on

ISSN

0742-1303

Print_ISBN

0-7695-1591-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LCN.2002.1181835

Filename

1181835