On the performance of G3 power line communication network with smart energy meter

Author

Buayairaksa, Sirinapa ; Thepphaeng, Somchai ; Pirak, Chaiyod

Author_Institution

Sirindhorn Int. Thai-German Grad. Sch. of Eng., King Mongkut´s Univ. of Technol. North Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand

fYear

2013

fDate

15-17 May 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

The power line communication (PLC) plays an important role in the evolvement of communication network technology in the advanced metering infrastructure (AMI). With existing power lines, PLC enables the provision of automatic controlling smart energy meter service. In this paper, we examine the performance of G3 PLC network with smart energy meter. Essentially, a network topology, a communication protocol, and a data rate are studied in real environment. Experimental results indicate that the investigated G3 PLC technology could achieve a preferable performance in terms of network reliability and throughput. Hence, this technology could be one of prominent PLC technologies for realizing the AMI systems.

Keywords

carrier transmission on power lines; power meters; protocols; smart meters; telecommunication network reliability; telecommunication network topology; AMI systems; G3 power line communication network; PLC; advanced metering infrastructure; automatic control; communication protocol; network reliability; network topology; smart energy meter service; Data communication; Modems; OFDM; Power line communications; Protocols; Reliability; Software; Advanced metering infrastructure (AMI); G3 power line communication (G3-PLC); Protocol; Smart energy meter;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Engineering/Electronics, Computer, Telecommunications and Information Technology (ECTI-CON), 2013 10th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Krabi

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0546-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECTICon.2013.6559532

Filename

6559532