In-Home PLC Coexistence with Wi-Fi and Ethernet access Networks

ENVER HAMITI,TAULANT BERISHA,FATOS PECI

doi:10.17694/bajece.87058

Abstract

BPL or PLC is relatively a new technology that is considered an attractive system to deliver broadband communications over power lines. The main objective of paper is to understand the impact of in-home PLC devices in case of integrated environment with other technologies. Initially, FTW Simulator for channel transfer function analysis of an in-home PLC network topology is used. Furthermore, through measurements conducted in laboratory environment different scenarios are built for different test scenarios and the coexistence of in-home PLC, Ethernet and Wi-Fi Networks is investigated. Toward the end of the paper, throughout different scenarios the impact on video quality of in-home PLC, will be closely monitored and evaluated.

Highlights

THE PLC (Power-line Communications) in general is a promising solution for first mile and last mile broadband access
The simulations derived from FTW are described and a simulator is used for modeling channel transfer function for in-home PLC [1,2] (FTW is PLC Simulator based on Matlab source code which is used to characterize PLC channels)
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Summary

INTRODUCTION

THE PLC (Power-line Communications) in general is a promising solution for first mile and last mile broadband access. The simulations derived from FTW are described and a simulator is used for modeling channel transfer function for in-home PLC [1,2] (FTW is PLC Simulator based on Matlab source code which is used to characterize PLC channels). Through this simulator are conducted a considerable number of simulations for different kind of topologies and characteristics. The paper is organized as follows: Section II elaborates the channel transfer function (H) for a predefined in-home PLC topology, Section III analyses the laboratory measurements and Section IV gives a conclusion

CHANNEL TRANSFER FUNCTION ANALYSIS THROUGH SIMULATIONS

LABORATORY TESTBED AND INHOME PLC MEASUREMENTS

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CONCLUSION