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Selection of the best suited modulation mode and FEC (forward error correc-
tion) type in view of the PLC link qualities. In the case of HomePlug 1.0, the
four possible modes are DQPSK ¾ (differential quadrature phase shift key-
ing), DQPSK ½, DBPSK ½ (differential binary PSK), and ROBO (robust
OFDM), which are used to obtain four types of data rates.
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Priority of each network PLC device. This parameter is indicated in the
VLAN field of the Ethernet frames for each PLC device according to its con-
figuration. It is used to establish almost a network hierarchy with devices act-
ing as gateways to other networks and other devices playing standard roles in
the architecture.
Figure 3.2 illustrates the architecture of a PLC network in the peer-to-peer
mode, in which these four parameters are permanently exchanged by the network
devices in order to keep the network homogeneous and to maintain a better
Ethernet frame and bandwidth routing distribution.
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PRIORITYPRIORITYPRIORITYPRIORITY
PRIORITY
Figure 3.2 Parameter exchange between PLC network devices in the peer-to-peer mode
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