ABSTRACT
272In this chapter, we will give an overview of the latest standardisation efforts in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and the Telecommunication Standardization Sector of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU-T) on narrowband power line communication (NB-PLC). The list of acronyms used throughout this chapter can be found in Table 11.1. List of Acronyms Used in This Chapter
Acronym
Meaning
Acronym
Meaning
6LoWPAN
IPv6 over Low-power Wireless
IoAC
Interleave over AC cycle
Personal Area Networks
IoF
Interleave over fragment
AC
Alternate current
ISI
Inter-Symbol Interference
ACK
Acknowledgement frame
ISO
International Organization for
AES
Advanced Encryption
Standardization
Standard
ITU-T
International Telecommunication
AKM
Authentication and Key
Union – Telecommunication
Management
Standardization Sector
AMI
Advanced Metering
LDR
Low data rate
Infrastructure
LF
Low frequency
ANSI
American National Standards
LLC
Logical link control
Institute
LOAD/
Lightweight On-demand Ad hoc
AODV
Ad hoc On-Demand Distance-
LOADng
Distance-vector Routing
Vector Routing
Protocol – Next Generation
ARIB
Association of Radio Industries
LPTV
Linearly and periodically time
and Businesses
varying
AWGN
Additive white Gaussian
LV
Low voltage
noise
MAC
Medium access control
BPSK
Binary phase shift keying
MP2P
Multi-point to point
CCM
Counter Cipher Mode
MV
Medium voltage
CENELEC
Comité Européen de
NACK
Negative acknowledgement
Normalisation
NB-PLC
Narrowband PLC
Électrotechnique
NIST
US National Institute of Standards
CES
Channel estimation symbol
and Technology
CFP
Contention-free period
NPCW
Normal-priority contention
CFS
Contention-free slot
window
CP
Contention period
OFDM
Orthogonal frequency division
CPCS
Common part convergence
multiplexing
sublayer
OSI
Open Systems Interconnection
CRC
Cyclic redundancy check
P2MP
Point to multi-point
CSMA/CA
Carrier sense multiple access/
P2P
Point to Point
collision avoidance
PAN
Personal area network
CW
Contention window
PAP
Priority action plan
DLL
Data link layer
PEV
Plug-in electric vehicle
DM
Domain master
PFH
PHY frame header
DPSK
Differential phase shift keying
PHY
Physical layer
EAP-PSK
Extensible authentication
PLC
Power line communications
protocol–pre-shared key
PRIME
Powerline Related Intelligent
EIA
Electronic industries alliance
Metering Evolution
EMC
Electromagnetic compatibility
PSD
Power spectral density
ERM
Extremely robust mode
PSK
Phase shift keying
EUI
Extended unique identifier
QAM
Quadrature amplitude modulation
FCC
Federal Communications Commission
RCM
Robust communication mode
FCH
Frame control header
RERR
Route Error
FEC
Forward error correction
RPL
Routing protocol for low-power and
FSK
Frequency shift keying
Lossy networks
HDR
High data rate
RREP
Route Reply
HNEM
Home network energy
RREQ
Route Request
management
RS
Reed-Solomon
HPCW
High-priority contention
SAE
Society of Automotive Engineers
window
SCP
Shared contention period
IEC
International Electrotechnical
SDO
Standards Developing Organization
Commission
SGIP
Smart Grid interoperability panel
IEEE
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
SNR
Signal-to-noise ratio
IFS
Interframe spacing
SSCS
Service-specific convergence sublayer
