NDLI: Lessons Learned from Wireless Sensor Networks with Application to AMR and PLC

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Selga, J.M. Zaballos, A. Corral, G. Vives, J.
Copyright Year	2007
Description	Author affiliation: Univ. Ramon Llull, Barcelona (Selga, J.M.; Zaballos, A.; Corral, G.; Vives, J.)
Abstract	Automatic meter reading (AMR) presents many parallelisms with the fast emerging field of wireless sensor networks (WSN) even if for this purpose they use the power cables as transmission medium. Among these parallelisms it is worthwhile to mention that both systems are essentially multihop and operate in a very noisy environment. For this reason the present paper reviews relevant results in the field of WSN with application to PLC based AMR systems and extracts lessons applicable to AMR and to PLC in general. Based on these lessons, this paper develops a theoretical model called the "star of chains model" with regularly spaced devices forming chains that connect to a concentrator station, which is useful to derive the capacity of a system and to provide some basic rules of the thumb for creating it. A specific and simple MAC layer protocol based on the WSN protocol known as "ripple control" is proposed to take the most out of the presented model. This protocol allows for good throughput while coping with the necessary retransmissions in noisy environments and with the necessary creation of periods of contention for the automatic registration of new nodes. The protocol may useful also for other applications in narrow band PLC as well as in broadband powerline communications (BPL). A simulation based on OPNET modeler has been developed to check the capacity calculations. The model and protocol presented are a first step that will be refined and extended in the future.
Starting Page	98
Ending Page	103
File Size	262462
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	1424410894
DOI	10.1109/ISPLC.2007.371105
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2007-03-26
Publisher Place	Italy
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Wireless sensor networks Programmable control Automatic meter reading Working environment noise Power cables Thumb Media Access Protocol Automatic control Power system modeling Throughput multihop PLC AMR WSN capacity MAC protocols
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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