PLC modem for home automation over three phase powerline

Abstract

Powerline Communication is found to be one of the cheapest and easiest communication techniques and electronic companies are looking forward for its applications in home automation, automatic energy reading, broadband etc. In this paper, we propose a new architecture for a PLC modem, which is cost efficient and easy to implement. This paper discusses low voltage narrowband powerline communication for PLC Modem. The proposed PLC modem design transmit and receive data for application such as controlling home equipments, meter reading etc. Proposed PLC modem uses CSMA/CA for error detection and collision.