Title :
Statistical analysis of broadband underground medium voltage channels for PLC applications
Author :
Versolatto, Fabio ; Tonello, Andrea M. ; Tornelli, Carlo ; della Giustina, Davide
Author_Institution :
WiTiKee Sri, Udine, Italy
Abstract :
This work presents a statistical analysis performed on a set of channels that were measured in real-life underground medium voltage power line communication (PLC) networks. The aim is to improve the knowledge of the medium from experimental basis, providing usable and closed-form expressions of the main metrics in order to foster the design of PLC technologies tailored to such challenging scenario. The work targets the 2-40 MHz band, and focuses on the average channel gain (ACG), the root-mean-square delay spread (RMS-DS) and the coherence bandwidth. Furthermore, the work presents the relation between the ACG, the RMS-DS and the network topology, and it infers the capacity as a function of the transmission bandwidth under power spectral density or total power constraints. Some results about the line impedance are also shown.
Keywords :
broadband networks; carrier transmission on power lines; statistical analysis; telecommunication channels; telecommunication network topology; underground communication; ACG; PLC networks design; RMS-DS; average channel gain; broadband underground medium voltage channels; closed-form expressions; coherence bandwidth; frequency 2 MHz to 40 MHz; line impedance; network topology; power constraints; power spectral density; real-life underground medium voltage power line communication networks; root-mean-square delay spread; statistical analysis; transmission bandwidth; Attenuation; Couplers; Impedance; Measurement; Noise; Robustness; Substations;
Conference_Titel :
Smart Grid Communications (SmartGridComm), 2014 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Venice
DOI :
10.1109/SmartGridComm.2014.7007695
