Abstract
We investigate the outage probability in terms of QoS (quality of service) in indoor PLC network. We consider various kinds of appliances for realistic indoor PLC network. For estimation of the outage probability, we calculate the time-varying channel responses considering the loading conditions based on regular human activities and include the additive noise. We calculate the outage probability for each terminal and investigate relationship between the outage probability and the channel length, and transmit powers. Our results suggest that the outage probability is increased when the channel length becomes longer because more appliances affect the amount of reduced channel capacity and is not improved distinctly for very high and low outage threshold by increasing the transmit power. However, we can see outage probability improvement for 30% outage threshold case by increasing the transmit power.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 285-290 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 Feb |
Keywords
- Channel capacity
- Outage probability
- Power line communications
- Quality of service
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering