Attenuation model for indoor multipath broadband PLC channels

Author

Mulangu, C.T. ; Afullo, Thomas J. O. ; Ijumba, Nelson Mutatina

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr., Electron. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa

fYear

2012

Firstpage

1084

Lastpage

1087

Abstract

The multipath model uses in powerline communication channel (PLC) is based on a parametric model where many parameters can be estimated only after measurement of the PLC impulse response, thus limiting the capability of a priori channel modelling. Zimmermann model proposed after measurements, attenuation parameters in the frequency range of 500 kHz to 20 MHz. Mie scattering approach is applied on scattering points of the channel and the attenuation is derived. Also, the power law is applied to derive analytical attenuation parameters in a wide frequency range starting from 10 MHz to 3 GHz.

Keywords

carrier transmission on power lines; transient response; PLC impulse response; Zimmermann model; a priori channel modelling; attenuation model; attenuation parameters; indoor multipath broadband PLC channels; multipath model; parametric model; power law; powerline communication channel; Attenuation; Broadband communication; Channel estimation; Educational institutions; Mathematical model; Scattering; Transmission line measurements;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation in Wireless Communications (APWC), 2012 IEEE-APS Topical Conference on

Conference_Location

Cape Town

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0404-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APWC.2012.6324989

Filename

6324989