MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF A POWER LINE COMMUNICATION NETWORK SUBJECT TO CHANNEL FAILURE

Shensheng Tang, Yi Xie

2011

Abstract

Power line communication (PLC) is a promising technique for information transmission using existing power lines. We analytically model a finite-source PLC network subject to noise/disturbance and evaluate its call-level performance through a queuing theoretic framework. The proposed PLC network model consists of a base station (BS), which is located at a transformer station and connected to the backbone communication networks, and a number of subscriber stations that are interconnected with each other and with the BS via the power line transmission medium. An orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) based transmission technique is assumed to be used for providing the transmission channels in a frequency spectrum. The channels are subject to failure during service due to noise/disturbance. When a channel is in failure, its associated call will wait at the channel until the channel is recovered. We model this process and determine the steady-state solution and derive several performance metrics of interest. Numerical and simulation results are presented for the purpose of performance evaluation. The proposed modeling method can be used for evaluation and design of future PLC networks.

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Tang S. and Xie Y. (2011). MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF A POWER LINE COMMUNICATION NETWORK SUBJECT TO CHANNEL FAILURE . In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS, ISBN 978-989-8425-55-3, pages 184-189. DOI: 10.5220/0003475101840189


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Tang S. and Xie Y. (2011). MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF A POWER LINE COMMUNICATION NETWORK SUBJECT TO CHANNEL FAILURE . In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS, ISBN 978-989-8425-55-3, pages 184-189. DOI: 10.5220/0003475101840189


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@conference{iceis11,
author={Shensheng Tang and Yi Xie},
title={MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF A POWER LINE COMMUNICATION NETWORK SUBJECT TO CHANNEL FAILURE},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS,},
year={2011},
pages={184-189},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003475101840189},
isbn={978-989-8425-55-3},
}


in Bibtex Style

@conference{iceis11,
author={Shensheng Tang and Yi Xie},
title={MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF A POWER LINE COMMUNICATION NETWORK SUBJECT TO CHANNEL FAILURE},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS,},
year={2011},
pages={184-189},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003475101840189},
isbn={978-989-8425-55-3},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS,
TI - MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF A POWER LINE COMMUNICATION NETWORK SUBJECT TO CHANNEL FAILURE
SN - 978-989-8425-55-3
AU - Tang S.
AU - Xie Y.
PY - 2011
SP - 184
EP - 189
DO - 10.5220/0003475101840189


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS,
TI - MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF A POWER LINE COMMUNICATION NETWORK SUBJECT TO CHANNEL FAILURE
SN - 978-989-8425-55-3
AU - Tang S.
AU - Xie Y.
PY - 2011
SP - 184
EP - 189
DO - 10.5220/0003475101840189