Disclosed are a
power line communication method and apparatus, comprising: a first device generating a
physical layer protocol data unit (PPDU) frame, the PPDU frame comprising a frame control field, a training symbol field, and a load symbol field, the load symbol field being used for modulating and transmitting a load symbol, the training symbol field being used for bearing a training symbol, and the load symbol field being used for receiving the training symbol; the training symbol field is used for channel
estimation of
multiple input multiple output (
MIMO) and extended bandwidth, the frame control field comprises a variable region field, the variable region field comprises a frame identification field and a
frequency band field, the frame identification field is used for indicating a frame type of a frame start (SOF) frame included in the PPDU frame, and the
frequency band field is used for indicating an available
frequency band of a training symbol and a load symbol; and the first device sends the PPDU frame to the second device. According to the embodiment of the invention, through the redefined PPDU frame, the
power line communication supports the characteristics of
MIMO, large bandwidth and the like, so that the overall
network performance is improved.