
Index
A
ACK response, 46, 47
Active repeaters, 145
Address classes, 212–213
AES (Advanced Encryption Standard), 65–66
AIFS (allocation interframe spacing), 41
Analogy with network hub, 25, 26
Antinoise filters, 147, 149
Applications, 107–124
audio broadcasting, 118
economic perspectives, 123–124
file sharing, 116–117
in industry, 121
InternetBox, 119–121
Internet connection sharing, 116
in motor vehicles, 122–123
multimedia, 114–115
over coaxial cable, 122
printer sharing, 116–117
in public spaces, 122
recreational, 118
telephony over PLC, 108–114
video surveillance, 118–119
visioconferencing/videoconferencing, 114
Wi-Fi network backbone, 119
Architecture, 15–29
business PLC, 248–250, 256–257
centralized mode, 37
community PLC, 278–280
DHCP, 239–245
electrical networks, 15–24
hotel PLC, 264–266, 268
layered, 27–29
master-slave mode, 126
optimized, 304–308
in peer-to-peer mode, 34, 130
PSTN, 16
with shared medium, 24–27
ARQ (automatic repeat process), 45–49
acknowledgment frames, 46
ACK response, 46, 47
defined, 45
FAIL response, 46, 48–49
NACK response, 46, 48
SACK response, 49
Ascom, 128, 129
AsokaUSA PowerManager, 188
Attacks
brute force, 72
decryption, 79–80
dictionary, 72
DoS, 71, 80
PLC networks, 78–80
on security holes, 72
spoofing, 72
virus, worm, Trojan horse, 72
Attenuation, 20–21, 165–167
cable length and, 168
for meter and circuit breakers, 20
Audio broadcasting, 118
Audio PLC modems, 138–139
Authentication
EAP, 81–82
IEEE 802.1x, 80
PLC networks, 75
public keys, 69
AZtech HomePlug AV Utility, 188
B
B2BIFS (beacon to beacon interframe spacing),
41
Back-off algorithm, 42–44
back-off time, 42
contention window size variation, 43
random variable, 42
BIFS (burst interframe spacing), 41
Blocking filters, 147, 149
Blowfish, 65
BOOTP (Boot Strap Protocol), 238
BPL (broadband powerLine), 1, 151
Broadcast, 58
315
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