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Queuing and Routing in a Hierarchical Powerline Communication System
Ref: HURRAY-TR-050901       Publication Date: 19, Sep, 2005

Queuing and Routing in a Hierarchical Powerline Communication System

Ref: HURRAY-TR-050901       Publication Date: 19, Sep, 2005

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.

Authors:
Filipe Pacheco
,
Luis Miguel Pinho
,
Eduardo Tovar


10th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA'05), IEEE, 2, pp 8-66.
Catania, Italy.

DOI:10.1109/ETFA.2005.1612663.



Record Date: 1, Sep, 2005