Power Line Communications for Smart Grid Applications

Table 5

Synopsis of terms used in the BB-PLC standards ITU-T G.hn and IEEE 1901 [75] © 2012 John Wiley & Sons.

Network item	ITU-T G.hn	IEEE P1901
Sub-network	Domain	Basic Service Set (BSS)
Transceiver	Node	Station (STA)
Sub-network controller	Domain Master	BSS Manager
Access control schedule	Media Access Plan (MAP)	Beacon
Timeframe	MAC cycle	Beacon Interval
Access methods	CSMA/CA, TDMA, STXOP (shared  transmission   opportunities)	CSMA/CA, TDMA
Relaying	Relay (L2)	Repeater (L2)
Network controller	Relay (assigned	Proxy BSS
proxy	as a proxy)	Manager
Transceiver	Hidden	Hidden
(not directly reached)	Node	Station