Medium Access Control Protocols for Power Line Communication: A Survey

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 of loads in electric power systems, the presence of high power impulsive noise, the occurrence of impedance mismatching, the widespread use of unshielded power cables, and the existence of coupling losses. While some works have also been carried out on the PLC...