Design of Power Line Communication Protocol using Polling Concept

Polling을 이용한 전력선 통신(PLC) 프로토콜의 설계

  • 임은정 (한남대학교 전자공학과) ;
  • 강철신 (한남대학교 전자공학과)
  • Published : 2005.11.26

Abstract

In this paper, we proposed a MAC protocol which can be used in power line communications(PLC). In the power line communication network, the data signal cannot travel long distance because of a serious attenuation. Consequently, we need to have a number of repeaters (amplifiers) in order to recover the signal power, which causes flooding problem in the network The proposed MAC protocol uses polling concept and solves the flooding problem in the power line communication network. The proposed protocol can be applied to power line communication networks for automatic power distribution control system. A mathematical analysis has been carried out to estimate the performance of the proposed protocol.

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