{"title":"DC powerline communication network for a wearable health monitoring system","authors":"E. Wade, H. Asada","doi":"10.1109/ISPLC.2005.1430490","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISPLC.2005.1430490","url":null,"abstract":"Wearable health monitoring networks are useful for many populations. We propose a network that relies on DC powerline communication for power and data transmission between nodes. By using powerline communication, we need only two conductors. We use a garment composed of conductive fabrics as the transmission medium. In this work, we evaluate the basic electronic transmission characteristics of such a garment. We model the 2D transmission that dominates the garment behavior, and present initial experimental results to verify our model.","PeriodicalId":153251,"journal":{"name":"International Symposium on Power Line Communications and Its Applications, 2005.","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122828876","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Influence of the properties of magnetic materials","authors":"J. Binkofski","doi":"10.1109/ISPLC.2005.1430515","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISPLC.2005.1430515","url":null,"abstract":"Transformers with magnetic core are commonly used in PLC systems for both capacitive style and inductive style couplers. The choice of the magnetic material for such cores greatly influences the geometric dimensions and the ultimate performance of the inductive components used in PLC couplers. VITROPERM, with its high saturation flux density and high permeability, is a very good choice of core material for such coupler applications.","PeriodicalId":153251,"journal":{"name":"International Symposium on Power Line Communications and Its Applications, 2005.","volume":"63 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126323578","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Short-block LDPC codes for a low-frequency power-line communications system","authors":"Q. Spencer","doi":"10.1109/ISPLC.2005.1430473","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISPLC.2005.1430473","url":null,"abstract":"The TWACS power-line communication system is used by electric utilities for communicating over long distances with power meters and other devices. Data packets tend to be short, and increasing demand for bandwidth requires that error detection and correction add minimal overhead. We have investigated low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes as a replacement for the existing error control coding scheme. In this paper we investigate the error detection capabilities of LDPC codes with high rate and short block size. Under these constraints, increasing the density of the code adds short cycles to the Tanner graph of the code. This degrades the overall error rate, but we have found that it also improves the undetected error rate, resulting in a trade-off between error correction and detection that can be adjusted by changing the density of the code. Using this approach, an LDPC code can be designed that improves on both the error detection and correction capabilities of the existing scheme.","PeriodicalId":153251,"journal":{"name":"International Symposium on Power Line Communications and Its Applications, 2005.","volume":"67 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127218665","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"PLC QoS management and integration for IPv6 applications and services","authors":"J.J. Pujante, D. Martínez, Á. Gómez, I. Marin","doi":"10.1109/ISPLC.2005.1430480","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISPLC.2005.1430480","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes the power line communication (PLC) networks and their features, as well as how the quality of service is managed and how advanced applications can take advantage of the network QoS. The service integration is also treated, and the open service gateway initiative is introduced as the solution for integrating different technology services. All the work exposed in this paper is part of the 6POWER EU R&D project.","PeriodicalId":153251,"journal":{"name":"International Symposium on Power Line Communications and Its Applications, 2005.","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125340077","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A new multiple access scheme for DC power line communications","authors":"O. Amrani, A. Rubin","doi":"10.1109/ISPLC.2005.1430511","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISPLC.2005.1430511","url":null,"abstract":"Contention detection and resolution procedure is presented. This procedure is tailored for use over the direct current (DC) power lines in automotive applications, but is also applicable for other multiple access networks. Each user randomly switching between carrier sense and carrier transmission modes prior to sending data accomplishes bus arbitration. If the bus is sensed busy during this process, then the user switches to a packet reception mode. Typically, contention detection and resolution are two separate procedures. The proposed scheme effectively combines the two while maintaining controlled probability of collision. Detailed analysis of this scheme is given, revealing that the collision probability can be made arbitrarily small for the price of slightly increasing packet over-head.","PeriodicalId":153251,"journal":{"name":"International Symposium on Power Line Communications and Its Applications, 2005.","volume":"152 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124072277","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Rubinstein, J. Bermudez, A. Vekicevic, F. Rachidi, M. Schneider, E. Marthe
{"title":"Discussion on the assessment and mitigation of radiation from PLC networks","authors":"M. Rubinstein, J. Bermudez, A. Vekicevic, F. Rachidi, M. Schneider, E. Marthe","doi":"10.1109/ISPLC.2005.1430499","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISPLC.2005.1430499","url":null,"abstract":"Definitions are introduced to classify the regions of interest around PLC networks. An improvement to an existing technique for the reduction of emissions from PLC networks is proposed. Using numerical simulations, the technique is shown to reduce any one of the components if the radiated electric field by up to 70 dB. A method to apply the technique for the reduction of the emissions within a volume is discussed.","PeriodicalId":153251,"journal":{"name":"International Symposium on Power Line Communications and Its Applications, 2005.","volume":"98 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124074944","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A power line communication stack for metering, SCADA and large-scale domotic applications","authors":"F. Pacheco, M. Lobashov, M. Pinho, G. Pratl","doi":"10.1109/ISPLC.2005.1430466","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISPLC.2005.1430466","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes the communication stack of the REMPLI system: a structure using power-lines and IP-based networks for communication, for data acquisition and control of energy distribution and consumption. It is furthermore prepared to use alternative communication media like GSM or analog modem connections. The REMPLI system provides communication service for existing applications, namely automated meter reading, energy billing and domotic applications. The communication stack, consisting of physical, network, transport, and application layer is described as well as the communication services provided by the system. We show how the peculiarities of the power-line communication influence the design of the communication stack, by introducing requirements to efficiently use the limited bandwidth, optimize traffic and implement fair use of the communication medium for the extensive communication partners.","PeriodicalId":153251,"journal":{"name":"International Symposium on Power Line Communications and Its Applications, 2005.","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129804268","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A complete node for power line communications in a single chip","authors":"A. Sanz, J.I. Garcia-Nicolas, P. Estopiñán","doi":"10.1109/ISPLC.2005.1430516","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISPLC.2005.1430516","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes the implementation of a complete node for narrow band power line communications (PLC) in a new single chip. This chip, named ADD1000, includes an 8051 microcontroller, a 14 bit enhanced UART designed for the medium access control (MAC) tasks and a modem circuit for PLC. This work is based in previous designs (A. Sanz et al., 2001) (J.I. Garcia Nicolas et al., 2000) but introduces some key improvements. Low power modes, and other upgrades, are built in the micro-controller. Also, the MAC is modified in order to support, not only the European Home Systems specifications (EHS) for the power line medium (1997), but also KONNEX (KNX) (2000), IEC 61334, HTTP and TCP/IP. The PLC modem is changed to use band pass converters. Finally a software layer has been developed to support the HTTP and TCP/IP using the MAC and modem of chip. Using this soft layer any device using the ADD1000 chip can be an embedded Web server of a TCP/IP PLC network.","PeriodicalId":153251,"journal":{"name":"International Symposium on Power Line Communications and Its Applications, 2005.","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117230678","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Space-frequency coded OFDM system for multi-wire power line communications","authors":"C. L. Giovaneli, B. Honary, P. Farrell","doi":"10.1109/ISPLC.2005.1430494","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISPLC.2005.1430494","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we propose an efficient space-frequency coded orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) system for high-speed data transmission over frequency selective multi-wire power line channels. By transmitting the same data symbol over two uncoupled pair of wires and over two different carriers, with a frequency separation between carriers greater than the coherence bandwidth of the channel, the proposed scheme extracts both space and frequency diversity in the absence of channel knowledge at the transmitter. Numerical results are provided to demonstrate the significant performance improvement obtained by the proposed scheme over conventional single-wire OFDM systems when the frequency selective power line channel is corrupted by impulsive noise.","PeriodicalId":153251,"journal":{"name":"International Symposium on Power Line Communications and Its Applications, 2005.","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129519357","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Simulation of high frequency signal transmission on power lines","authors":"S. Barmada, Marco Raugi","doi":"10.1109/ISPLC.2005.1430483","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISPLC.2005.1430483","url":null,"abstract":"This works present a channel model for high frequency signal propagation in power lines, to be used for the study of the transmission in powerline carrier systems. The model is characterized by taking into account frequency dependence of the line and the presence of noise. A method to include the effect of load variation in the channel is also introduced.","PeriodicalId":153251,"journal":{"name":"International Symposium on Power Line Communications and Its Applications, 2005.","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133075753","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}