A reliable power line carrier and wireless data concentrator for broadband energy information network

Author

Chen, Yute ; Hwang, Jeng Kuang ; Tseng, Wen Liang

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Yuan-Ze Univ., Chung-li, Taiwan

fYear

2003

fDate

17-19 June 2003

Firstpage

138

Lastpage

139

Abstract

The paper presents a hybrid data concentrator for Internet access control of a broadband energy information network system (ENIS). The transmission media between the data concentrator and its associated home energy controllers (HEC) are based on either a power line carrier (PLC) or a low power wireless channel for improved reliability. To install such a system, we propose a channel reliability estimation method for selecting the appropriate transmission channel. Furthermore, the overall system has been tested to justify its validity and reliability, and the specifications of the PLC and RF modules, as well as the embedded system are briefly illustrated.

Keywords

Internet; broadband networks; carrier transmission on power lines; channel estimation; power consumption; power control; radio links; telecommunication network reliability; Internet access control; broadband energy information network; broadband energy information network system; channel reliability estimation; data concentrator; energy consumption; home energy controllers; low power wireless channel; power line carrier; Application software; Automatic meter reading; Communication system control; Computer displays; Delay; Embedded computing; Embedded system; Power system reliability; Programmable control; Radio frequency;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Consumer Electronics, 2003. ICCE. 2003 IEEE International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7721-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCE.2003.1218849

Filename

1218849