Design and consideration of integrated PLC and 3G mobile networks as internet of things architecture. (1st January 2012)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hsieh, H.C.; Lai, C.H.; Larosa, Yanuarius Teofilus
• Is Part Of: International journal of internet protocol technology. Volume 7:Number 2(2012)
• Page Start: 63
• Page End: 70
• Publication Date: 2012-01-01
• Subjects: internet of things -- IoT -- power line communications -- PLC -- 3G networks; File Transfer Protocol (Computer network protocol) -- Periodicals; Multicasting (Computer networks) -- Periodicals; 004.678
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1743-8209

Abstract

Internet of things (IoT) applications are developed and implemented through enlightened communication networks. The phenomena are proving a fact that research in IoT architecture becomes important domain in realising IoT framework. Therefore, in this paper, a new IoT architecture is proposed combining two sophisticated communication networks: power line communication (PLC) and 3G mobile networks. This combination is motivated by scalability advantages of PLC and 3G mobile networks. Further, the 3G-PLC networks testbed is constructed and analysed to show its feasibility in supporting IoT applications.