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The overall goal of the REMPLI project is to design and implement a communication
infrastructure for distributed data acquisition and remote control operations using the power
grid as the communication medium. The primary target application is remote meter reading
with high time resolution, where the meters can be energy, heat, gas, or water meters. The
users of the system (e.g. utility companies) will benefit from the REMPLI system by gaining
more detailed information about how energy is consumed by the end-users.
In this context, the power-line communication (PLC) is deployed to cover the distance
between utility company’s Private Network and the end user.
This document specifies a protocol for real-time PLC, in the framework of the REMPLI project.
It mainly comprises the Network Layer and Data Link Layer. The protocol was designed
having into consideration the specific aspects of the network: different network typologies
(star, tree, ring, multiple paths), dynamic changes in network topology (due to network
maintenance, hazards, etc.), communication lines strongly affected by noise.