Achieving High Data Rate in Multiband-OFDM UWB Over Power-Line Communication System

Author

Rehman, Masood Ur ; Wang, Shihua ; Liu, Yanchao ; Chen, Shuxian ; Chen, Xiaodong ; Parini, Clive G.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electron. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Queen Mary Univ. of London, London, UK

Volume

27

Issue

3

fYear

2012

fDate

7/1/2012 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1172

Lastpage

1177

Abstract

Theoretical studies indicate that a transmission data rate of up to gigabits per second can be achieved over low-voltage (LV) indoor power-line cables. Achieving a very high data rate (up to 480 Mb/s) is expected by applying WiMedia multiband-orthogonal frequency-divison multiplexing (MB-OFDM) standard for wireless ultra-wideband (UWB) communication over the power-line channel. However, the viability of this concept needs to be tested experimentally. This paper presents a novel design of demonstration system for the UWB over power-line communication technology. The demonstration system consists of an MB-OFDM UWB kit and is capable of transmitting very high data-rate signals over the LV power-line cables. It provides means to evaluate the performance of the UWB over power-line communication systems and analyze its viability in actual home networking scenarios.

Keywords

OFDM modulation; carrier transmission on power lines; home networks; power cables; ultra wideband communication; WiMedia; home networking; low-voltage indoor power-line cables; multiband-OFDM UWB communication; multiband-orthogonal frequency-divison multiplexing; power-line channel; power-line communication; transmission data rate; wireless ultra-wideband communication; Couplers; Data communication; Frequency conversion; Frequency modulation; OFDM; Power cables; Receivers; Home network; PER; orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM); power-line communication; ultra wideband (UWB);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Delivery, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8977

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPWRD.2012.2193902

Filename

6200904