Design and Implementation of Convergence sub-layer for a Heterogeneous Home Network

Author

Ha, Jae Yeol ; Jeon, Joseph ; Lee, Kamrok ; Heo, Jongman ; Kim, Namhoon ; Kim, Seung Man ; Kwon, Wook Hyun ; Jung, Bum-Jin

Author_Institution

Seoul Nat. Univ., Seoul

fYear

2007

fDate

26-28 March 2007

Firstpage

252

Lastpage

256

Abstract

In this paper, a heterogeneous home network is designed and implemented using power line communications and IEEE 802.15.4. This paper presents the need of the heterogeneous home network in which IEEE 802.15.4 compensates for limitations of PLC based home networks. The convergence sub-layer (Cs-layer) is designed and implemented to enable a heterogeneous home network on the power line communication modem with IEEE 802.15.4 communication module. The main functions of Cs-layer are medium information management and medium selection. We built a test-bed and conducted experiments. Implementation and experimental results validate the feasibility of the Cs-layer to extend the PLC based home network to the heterogeneous home network.

Keywords

carrier transmission on power lines; home automation; personal area networks; IEEE 802.15.4; convergence sub-layer; heterogeneous home network; power line communications; Communication system control; Convergence; Costs; Home appliances; Home automation; Multimedia systems; Power line communications; Power system reliability; Programmable control; Wiring; IEEE 802.15.4; convergence sub-layer; heterogeneous home network; power line communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Line Communications and Its Applications, 2007. ISPLC '07. IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Pisa

Print_ISBN

1-4244-1090-8

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-1090-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISPLC.2007.371132

Filename

4231706