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19th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA'05) Volume 2 (INA,, USW,, WAMIS,, and IPv6 papers)
Periodic Contention-Free Multiple Access for Power Line Communication Networks
Taipei, Taiwan
March 25-March 30
ISBN: 0-7695-2249-1
Yu-Ju Lin, University of Florida
Haniph A. Latchman, University of Florida
Jonathan C.L. Liu, University of Florida
Richard Newman, University of Florida

There is industrial intent to use Powerline Communication (PLC) PLC networks in the home for delivery of multimedia data, with associated challenging quality of service (QoS) requirements. Existing protocols for PLC, for wireless networks, or even for wired networks cannot meet these challenges efficiently. This paper proposes and analyzes a new protocol designed to provide the high QoS needed for delivery of multiple multimedia streams in a PLC environment.

The proposed protocol, Periodic Contention-Free Multiple Access (PCF/MA), directly addresses the issues of channel noise, hidden nodes and near-far effects. The proposed PCF/MA performance is analyzed theoretically and its performance is simulated. The results show that 85Mbps MAC throughput is possible with 100Mbps channel data rate, even when there are hidden nodes in the network.

Index Terms:
Power Line Communication, Reservation, Multimedia Applications, TDMA, CSMA/CA, PCF/MA, Hidden Node, Near-Far Effect Modified CSMA/CA (MCSMA/CA)
Citation:
Yu-Ju Lin, Haniph A. Latchman, Jonathan C.L. Liu, Richard Newman, "Periodic Contention-Free Multiple Access for Power Line Communication Networks," aina, vol. 2, pp.315-318, 19th International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA'05) Volume 2 (INA,, USW,, WAMIS,, and IPv6 papers), 2005
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