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

Author

Chen, Yute ; Hwang, Jeng Kuang ; Wu, Sau Mou

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Yuan Ze Univ., Taoyuan, Taiwan

Volume

49

Issue

4

fYear

2003

Firstpage

1054

Lastpage

1060

Abstract

Designing reliable and flexible home energy controllers (HECs) is the pivotal part for energy information network system (ENIS). This paper presents a hybrid channel data concentrator for reliable Internet access control. The concentrator is composed of power line carrier (PLC) and wireless front-end modules, and an embedded system. The selection of either PLC or RF channel is based on a channel reliability level estimation method. To verify the reliability and robustness of the proposed system, line-spread and radial-spread test sites have been installed for link performance tests. The experimental results show the feasibility of deploying reliable PLC and wireless data concentrator for ENIS in areas of high or low population density residential apartments.

Keywords

Internet; carrier transmission on power lines; data communication; home automation; radio equipment; telecommunication channels; telecommunication network reliability; Internet access control; RF channel; broadband network; channel reliability level estimation method; embedded system; energy information network system; home energy controllers; hybrid channel data concentrator; line-spread test sites; link performance tests; power line carrier; radial-spread test sites; wireless front-end modules; Communication system control; Delay; Embedded system; Home automation; Power system reliability; Programmable control; Protocols; Radio frequency; System testing; Telecommunication network reliability;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-3063

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TCE.2003.1261195

Filename

1261195