Performance analysis of power saving strategies for power line communications

초록

Power line communications (PLC) have become a viable solution in smart grid since most devices are connected to power lines. Although PLC stations can receive power through power lines, they also require efficient use of energy. To this end, recently published PLC standards define a power saving scheme. Since the current PLC power saving scheme only defines a simple constant sleep period strategy, two adaptive sleep period adjustment schemes are presented here. The delay performance and power consumption of the three power saving schemes are verified numerically and through simulations. The two adaptive schemes are confirmed to properly balance delay performance and power consumption for any traffic type. © 2017 IEEE.