DocumentCode
1090105
Title
Efficient scheduling for PLC networks
Author
Chiras, T. ; Koutsakis, P. ; Paterakis, M.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electron. & Comput. Eng., Tech. Univ. of Crete
Volume
43
Issue
3
fYear
2007
Firstpage
193
Lastpage
194
Abstract
Powerline communications (PLC) are currently being considered as an alternative for high-speed data communications and Internet access. Presented is an efficient bandwidth allocation scheme which significantly excels in comparison to the Extended Aloha Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol for the ´last mile´ access PLC networks
Keywords
bandwidth allocation; carrier transmission on power lines; scheduling; subscriber loops; Internet access; bandwidth allocation; high-speed data communications; network scheduling; powerline communications;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
Filename
4087811
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