MIMO modeling and data rates for medium-voltage narrowband-PLC in smart distribution grids

Author

Papadopoulos, Theofilos A. ; Chrysochos, Andreas I. ; Papagiannis, Grigoris K. ; ElSamadouny, Ahmed ; Al-Dhahir, Naofal

Author_Institution

Power Syst. Lab., Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

fYear

2014

fDate

12-15 Oct. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

In this paper a multiple-input multiple-output orthogonal frequency division multiplexing power-line (PLC) bidirectional communication system is proposed for narrowband PLC applications in medium-voltage networks. The direct- and cross-channel transfer functions are computed for several test cases using a coupled multi-conductor transmission line model. Simulation results show that high data rates up to several hundreds of kbps are achievable at a low error rate of 10^-7.

Keywords

MIMO communication; OFDM modulation; carrier transmission on power lines; multiconductor transmission lines; MIMO modeling; PLC bidirectional communication system; cross-channel transfer functions; direct-channel transfer functions; medium-voltage narrowband-PLC; multiconductor transmission line model; multiple-input multiple-output; orthogonal frequency division multiplexing power-line; smart distribution grids; Conductors; Load modeling; MIMO; OFDM; Ports (Computers); Vectors; Zirconium; Channel modeling; MIMO; medium-voltage; power-line communication; smart grids;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference Europe (ISGT-Europe), 2014 IEEE PES

Conference_Location

Istanbul

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISGTEurope.2014.7028884

Filename

7028884