Next generation Narrowband (under 500 kHz) Power Line Communications (PLC) standards

Author

Galli, Stefano ; Lys, Thierry

Author_Institution

ASSIA, Redwood City, CA, USA

Volume

12

Issue

3

fYear

2015

fDate

Mar. 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

8

Abstract

In the past decade, several efforts around the world were started with the goal of introducing “smart metering” capabilities into the power grid. These efforts have spurred renewed interest in the design of next generation Narrowband Power Line Communications (NB-PLC) transceivers. In the past few years, ITU-T and IEEE have standardized a family of next generation OFDM-based NB-PLC transceivers some of which are today being considered for massive deployments in Europe and Asia. This paper addresses the important role that PLC has not only for smart metering but also for many other Smart Grid applications, and also gives an overview of the main differences between these next generation NB-PLC standards.

Keywords

carrier transmission on power lines; radio transceivers; smart meters; smart power grids; telecommunication standards; NB-PLC transceivers; next generation NB-PLC standards; next generation narrowband PLC standards; power line communication standards; smart grid; smart metering; Frequency shift keying; IEEE 802.15 Standards; Next generation networking; OFDM; Routing; Smart grids; power line communications; smart grid applications; standard;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications, China

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1673-5447

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/CC.2015.7084358

Filename

7084358