
Figure 5.3 illustrates the respective times of these various OFDM blocks.
The complete frame time is defined by adding the various OFDM symbol block
times. The maximum possible transmission speed and the bit rate concerning the
data link layer can be calculated in this way.
With a 2,705-byte frame, the maximum transmission speed is obtained in the
following way:
Bit rate
PHY_MAX
= 2,705 × 8 bits/1,534.86 μs = 14.1 Mbit/s
With an Ethernet data frame with a maximum length of 1,500 bytes, the maxi-
mum bit rate is the following:
Bit rate
PHY_MAX
= 1,500 × 8 bits/1,534.86 μs = 7.81 Mbit/s
Table 5.2 summarizes the maximum theoretical transmission speeds in the
HomePlug 1.0 standard. As we’ll see in part II of the book, these values are lower in
practice.
Physical Layer Frames 89
Figure 5.3 Complete HomePlug 1.0 frame OFDM symbol block times
Table 5.2 Maximum Transmission Speed According to Modulation Technique
MODE
ERROR CORRECTION CODE (FORWARD
ERROR CORRECTION)
MAXIMUM
TRANSMISSION SPEED
IN THEORY (Mbit/s)
DQPSK ¾ ¾ convolution code and Reed-Solomon code 14.1
DQPSK ½ ½ convolution code and Reed-Solomon code 9.19
DBPSK Convolution code and Reed-Solomon code 4.59
ROBO (DBPSK
½), repetition of
each bit four times
½ convolution code and Reed-Solomon code 1.02
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