Multipath Modeling of Automotive Power Line Communication Channels

Author

Stievano, Igor Simone ; Canavero, Flavio G. ; Garcia Valverde, Williams Richard ; Guerrieri, Lorenzo ; Bisaglia, Paola

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Telecommun., Politec. di Torino, Turin, Italy

Volume

10

Issue

2

fYear

2014

fDate

May-14

Firstpage

1381

Lastpage

1391

Abstract

In this paper, an in-vehicle power line channel mathematical multipath representation is proposed. The selected approach aims at describing the transmission of a signal on a possibly complex power network by means of a finite number of delayed echoes. Model parameters are computed via a well-defined step-by-step procedure from frequency-domain channel characteristics. The feasibility and strength of the method are demonstrated by means of a measurement campaign. Two-port scattering measurements have been carried out on a commercial automobile and the effect of the measurement setup has been considered in the analysis.

Keywords

S-parameters; carrier transmission on power lines; frequency-domain analysis; multipath channels; automotive power line communication channel; complex power network; frequency-domain channel characteristics; in-vehicle power line channel mathematical multipath representation; signal transmission; two-port scattering measurement; Automotive engineering; Computational modeling; Delays; Frequency-domain analysis; Mathematical model; Transmission line measurements; Wires; Automotive; modeling; multipath channels; power distribution; power line communication (PLC); transmission lines;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Industrial Informatics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1551-3203

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TII.2014.2307199

Filename

6750041