TY - GEN
T1 - Measuring link characteristics of power line communication systems
AU - Lee, Wei Xian
AU - Tung, Li-Ping
AU - Ho, Yao Hua
AU - Chen, Ling Jyh
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Knowing link characteristics of a network connection is essential for the efficient design, management, and usage of a network. In view of the proliferation of power line communication systems, in this work, we propose a novel measurement approach, called PLC-Probe, to concurrently measure link capacity and available bandwidth of PLC links. PLC-Probe uses 'train-chirps' to probe the network, and it combines the strengths of the packet train and packet chirp approaches for estimation of link characteristics. Using testbed experiment, we evaluate the proposed approach and show that PLC-Probe is accurate, stable, and robust against cross traffic. Moreover, PLC-Probe is simple, effective, and applicable to other multi-rated PLC-like networks.
AB - Knowing link characteristics of a network connection is essential for the efficient design, management, and usage of a network. In view of the proliferation of power line communication systems, in this work, we propose a novel measurement approach, called PLC-Probe, to concurrently measure link capacity and available bandwidth of PLC links. PLC-Probe uses 'train-chirps' to probe the network, and it combines the strengths of the packet train and packet chirp approaches for estimation of link characteristics. Using testbed experiment, we evaluate the proposed approach and show that PLC-Probe is accurate, stable, and robust against cross traffic. Moreover, PLC-Probe is simple, effective, and applicable to other multi-rated PLC-like networks.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84891369393&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ICC.2013.6655244
DO - 10.1109/ICC.2013.6655244
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84891369393
SN - 9781467331227
T3 - IEEE International Conference on Communications
SP - 4321
EP - 4325
BT - 2013 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2013
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2013 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2013
Y2 - 9 June 2013 through 13 June 2013
ER -