Power line communication front-ends based on ADSL technology

Author

Van den Keybus, Jeroen ; Bolsens, Bruno ; Driesen, Johan ; Belmans, Ronnie

Author_Institution

Dep. EE, Katholieke Univ. Leuven, Heverlee, Belgium

Volume

5

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Abstract

The practical implementation of communication over power lines (PLC) using an Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) front-end is discussed. Both PLC and ADSL modems are based on the same principle of using their respective transmission medium in a frequency range they were never originally designed for. One property both technologies share is the large power that is required when transmitting signals onto the communication medium. The frequency ranges are also comparable. Therefore, ADSL front-ends are evaluated as a power line interface. This paper presents the front-end topology and discusses the signal-to noise measurements that were performed to determine, using Shannon´s theorem, the theoretical data throughput.

Keywords

carrier transmission on power lines; digital subscriber lines; modems; ADSL front-end; ADSL technology; asymmetric digital subscriber line; coupling circuit; data throughput; front-end topology; modem; power line communication front-ends; power line interface; signal-to noise measurements; transmission capacity estimation; Bandwidth; Communication channels; DSL; Frequency; Impedance; Power line communications; Power system reliability; Power systems; Programmable control; Topology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Circuits and Systems, 2002. ISCAS 2002. IEEE International Symposium on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7448-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCAS.2002.1010731

Filename

1010731