Abstract The Internet of Things (IoT) era is evolving into sensor initiated, actuation-driven,
and machine intelligence-based decision making platform for smart cities. A smart city …

In the literature, the majority of research efforts in power line communication (PLC) has been
focused on the physical layer in order to deal with issues such as the time varying behavior …

Abstract Hybrid Power-line/Visible-light Communication (HPVC) network has been one of
the most promising Cooperative Communication (CC) technologies for constructing Smart …

As one of the most promising networking technologies, power-line communication (PLC)
networks have been gradually used not only in home networking systems but also in …

Power-line communication (PLC) is a promising communication technology of constructing
IoT (internet of things) systems, and it employs IEEE 1901 as its medium access control …

Wireless and power line communication hybrid networking can complement each other,
save construction costs, and satisfy the needs of different services. Few studies have …

Power-line communication (PLC) networks have been increasingly used for constructing
industrial IoT (internet of things) and home networking systems due to their low-cost …

WiFi-enabled Power Line Communications (PLC) range extenders can extend coverage in
homes and enterprises. However, a dense deployment of a large number of PLC extenders …

In this paper, we address the problem of improving the medium access control (MAC) layer
efficiency in indoor broadband power line communication networks. Several overheads in …

Hybrid communication of power line and wireless can improve the performance without
dedicated communication lines and meet the requirements of in-vehicle communication …