An evaluation of frequency domain PLC interference cancellation for DSL systems

Recent advances in power line communications (PLC) have made it popular for in-home networking. This makes PLC an increasingly relevant source of interference for digital subscriber line (DSL) networks within the home environment. This paper presents measured PLC-to-DSL coupling channels for a worst case DSL deployment scenario. We then propose an interference cancelling scheme based on a frequency domain interference canceller (FDIC) that utilizes the common mode (CM) PLC interference to estimate and remove the differential mode (DM) PLC interference. The mean square error (MSE) of the proposed FDIC is derived and compared to the minimum MSE achieved by an optimum Wiener filter. Improvement in the signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) achieved by using the FDIC is also presented. Both mathematical analysis and simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed FCID in reducing the DM PLC interference on the DM DSL signal.