On the Location of Plug-In Relay Devices for Indoor Power Line Communication Environment

Indoor power line communication (PLC) systems experience high attenuation and frequency-selective channel condition, in addition to different types of colored noises. Its performance is heavily influenced by the length and topology of the in-house power cable wiring. By exploiting the broadcast prop...

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Main Authors: Wu, X., Rong, Yue
Other Authors: Tadeusz A Wysocki
Format: Conference Paper
Published: IEEE 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/41145
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Rong, Yue
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description Indoor power line communication (PLC) systems experience high attenuation and frequency-selective channel condition, in addition to different types of colored noises. Its performance is heavily influenced by the length and topology of the in-house power cable wiring. By exploiting the broadcast property of the indoor power grid to each outlet, this paper presents a simple but practical relay-based cooperativecommunication scheme for indoor PLC networks. By plugging a relay device into a third outlet between the transmitter and receiver, reliable signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) can be cooperatively achieved by setting proper system parameters. The condition for the optimal location of the plug-in relay device has been identified. Numerical simulation results show that with the cost of extra relay device, more reliable performance can be obtained with respect to the conventional direct transmission scheme.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-411452017-09-13T16:00:44Z On the Location of Plug-In Relay Devices for Indoor Power Line Communication Environment Wu, X. Rong, Yue Tadeusz A Wysocki Cooperative Communication Scheme Plug-in Relay Device Power Line Communication (PLC) Indoor power line communication (PLC) systems experience high attenuation and frequency-selective channel condition, in addition to different types of colored noises. Its performance is heavily influenced by the length and topology of the in-house power cable wiring. By exploiting the broadcast property of the indoor power grid to each outlet, this paper presents a simple but practical relay-based cooperativecommunication scheme for indoor PLC networks. By plugging a relay device into a third outlet between the transmitter and receiver, reliable signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) can be cooperatively achieved by setting proper system parameters. The condition for the optimal location of the plug-in relay device has been identified. Numerical simulation results show that with the cost of extra relay device, more reliable performance can be obtained with respect to the conventional direct transmission scheme. 2014 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/41145 10.1109/ICSPCS.2014.7021080 IEEE fulltext
spellingShingle Cooperative Communication Scheme
Plug-in Relay Device
Power Line Communication (PLC)
Wu, X.
Rong, Yue
On the Location of Plug-In Relay Devices for Indoor Power Line Communication Environment
title On the Location of Plug-In Relay Devices for Indoor Power Line Communication Environment
title_full On the Location of Plug-In Relay Devices for Indoor Power Line Communication Environment
title_fullStr On the Location of Plug-In Relay Devices for Indoor Power Line Communication Environment
title_full_unstemmed On the Location of Plug-In Relay Devices for Indoor Power Line Communication Environment
title_short On the Location of Plug-In Relay Devices for Indoor Power Line Communication Environment
title_sort on the location of plug-in relay devices for indoor power line communication environment
topic Cooperative Communication Scheme
Plug-in Relay Device
Power Line Communication (PLC)
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/41145