Measurements and channel characterization for in-vehicle power line communications

This paper reports the results of a measurement campaign on a commercial sport utility vehicle for characterizing the S-parameters of a vehicular power line communication channel. Channel responses can vary from one vehicle type to another and even from vehicle to vehicle of the same type. Hence, there remains strong interest in performing S-parameter measurements on several vehicle types. In this paper we focus on an internal combustion engine (ICE) sport utility vehicle and measure S-parameters for two frequency bands: 30-1000kHz and 0.1-100MHz. Based on our results, we plan to design a modulation scheme and a complete VPLC system on the same vehicle.