Powerline communication over special systems

Author

Liu, Er ; Gao, Yangpo ; Samdani, Golam ; Mukhtar, Omar ; Korhonen, Timo

Author_Institution

Commun. Lab., Helsinki Univ. of Technol., Espoo, Finland

fYear

2005

fDate

6-8 April 2005

Firstpage

167

Lastpage

171

Abstract

Powerline communication (PLC) has undergone a rapid development in recent years both for Internet access and home networking. Besides these well-known residential applications, PLC is also applicable for special systems, such as airfield lighting control and ship power distribution network. Using PLC as transmission medium to realize switching and monitoring of airfield halogen lamps and other information exchange is an efficient and safe way to accelerate telematics in aviation. Applying PLC in ship environment can support provision of traditional and novel value-added services both for operators and customers. In this paper we present a laboratory trial to investigate applicability of PLC over an airfield lighting system and an in-vivo test to evaluate the applicability of PLC linked by ship´s power distribution system. Our research suggests that PLC is a strong candidate for data communications also in these special environments.

Keywords

airports; carrier transmission on power lines; data communication; lamps; lighting; power distribution; ships; Internet access; airfield halogen lamps; airfield lighting system; aviation; data communications; home networking; information exchange; power distribution system; powerline communication; ship; telematics; Acceleration; Communication switching; IP networks; Lamps; Lighting control; Marine vehicles; Monitoring; Power systems; Programmable control; Telematics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Line Communications and Its Applications, 2005 International Symposium on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8844-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISPLC.2005.1430489

Filename

1430489