Medium access control for power line communications: An overview of the IEEE 1901 and ITU-T G.hn standards

Md Mustafizur Rahman; Choong Seon Hong; Sungwon Lee; Jaejo Lee; Md Abdur Razzaque; Jin Hyuk Kim

doi:10.1109/MCOM.2011.5784004

Medium access control for power line communications: An overview of the IEEE 1901 and ITU-T G.hn standards

Md Mustafizur Rahman, Choong Seon Hong, Sungwon Lee, Jaejo Lee, Md Abdur Razzaque, Jin Hyuk Kim

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Abstract

Power lines are becoming increasingly popular for high-speed communications, while at the same time reliable communications over them poses several unique challenges. Recently, two standardization bodies, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), addressed in their IEEE 1901 and ITU-T G.hn standards, respectively, both the medium access control and the physical layer specifications of power line communications. In this article, we provide an overview of these standards from the media access control technology perspective, and the similarities and dissimilarities between the IEEE 1901 and ITU-T G.hn standards are discussed, as well as potential performance issues. We use a top-down approach to analyze the features and technologies of the standards.

Original language	English
Article number	5784004
Pages (from-to)	183-191
Number of pages	9
Journal	IEEE Communications Magazine
Volume	49
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MCOM.2011.5784004
Publication status	Published - Jun 2011

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This work was supported by a grant from the Kyung Hee University in 2010 (KHU-2010372). Dr. C. S. Hong is the corresponding author.

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