Wake up for Power Line Communication in Street Lighting Networks

Street lighting is responsible of a big share of electricity consumption of a city. The modernization of such a big network is required to meet the needs of energy saving for the future Smart City, helping to reach a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions also. In this work, we introduce a wake-up system, which permits to reduce the power consumption of receiving modem in power line communication, with particular attention to street lighting networks. Experimental and simulation results will show the optimal parameter configuration necessary to the system.