Powerline Communications: The Effects of Branches on Network Performance

Author

Anatory, Justinian ; Kissaka, M.M. ; Mvungi, N.H.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electr. & Comput. Syst. Eng., Dar es Salaam Univ.

fYear

0

fDate

0-0 0

Firstpage

70

Lastpage

75

Abstract

The paper presents the effects of branches on powerline networks performance using recent developed model. The channels segments which have been compared are access, indoor and medium voltage channels. The comparison was done by varying different load at one of the terminals. The relationship between signal level and number of branches has been established. Quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) is applied to the access channel model and attainable bit error rate (BER) against SNR analyzed and compared with possible transmitted power. It is observed that BER degrade as number of branches increases and SNR of about 4 dB is needed to attain the original performance without a branch

Keywords

carrier transmission on power lines; quadrature amplitude modulation; telecommunication channels; BER; SNR; access channel model; channels segments; powerline communications; powerline networks; quadrature amplitude modulation; Bit error rate; Broadband communication; Electronic mail; Power engineering and energy; Power engineering computing; Power system modeling; Power transmission lines; Quadrature amplitude modulation; Switches; Systems engineering and theory; Powerline Communications; Quadrature Amplitude Modulation; branched network; channel model; channel performance; modulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Line Communications and Its Applications, 2006 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0113-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISPLC.2006.247439

Filename

1716889