GEN01-2: A New MAC Protocol for Broadband Powerline Communications Networks

Author

Chiras, Theodoros ; Koutsakis, Polychronis ; Paterakis, Michael

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Comput. Eng., Tech. Univ. of Crete, Chania

fYear

2006

fDate

Nov. 27 2006-Dec. 1 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Powerline communications (PLC) are currently being considered as an alternative for high-speed data communications and Internet access. With multiple outlets in almost every room, power lines are already the most pervasive network in the home or small office. This work presents a new medium access control (MAC) protocol for the "last mile" access PLC networks. Via an extensive simulation study, our protocol is compared to a well-known protocol from the literature and is shown to excel both in network utilization and in the average signaling delay required for the completion of the transmission request procedure.

Keywords

access protocols; broadband networks; carrier transmission on power lines; MAC protocol; average signaling delay; broadband powerline communications networks; medium access control protocol; network utilization; transmission request procedure; Access protocols; Broadband communication; Communication networks; Computer networks; Frequency; Media Access Protocol; Power engineering and energy; Power engineering computing; Power supplies; Programmable control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 2006. GLOBECOM '06. IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

1930-529X

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0356-1

Electronic_ISBN

1930-529X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.2006.144

Filename

4150774