In this paper, we investigate the use of power line communication (PLC) to assist cooperative wireless relaying. We consider a communication scheme that uses the power line to initialize and synchronize wireless amplify-and-forward relays and to broadcast information between the relays. Starting from an analysis of transfer functions and noise measurements of PLC channels in office and residential environments, we propose a power line transmission scheme for the inter-relay-communication and assess the influence of this scheme on wireless relaying. This scheme is based on linear precoded orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing; it is designed to optimally exploit the frequency diversity available on PLC channels. The use of PLC leads to a very flexible way of enhancing wireless communications by plugging in additional relays where they are needed-without additional wiring.
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