HomePlug green PHY for the LVDC PLC concept: Applicability study

Author

Pinomaa, A. ; Ahola, J. ; Kosonen, A. ; Nuutinen, P.

Author_Institution

Electr. Eng., Lappeenranta Univ. of Technol. (LUT), Lappeenranta, Finland

fYear

2015

fDate

March 29 2015-April 1 2015

Firstpage

205

Lastpage

210

Abstract

It has been shown that high-frequency (HF) band power line communication (PLC), that is, the HomePlug 1.0 specification, is feasible for a low-voltage direct current (LVDC) smart grid (SG) system, where power electronics and low-voltage DC are applied to the electricity distribution. In this paper, the applicability of the latest HomePlug specification, Green PHY (GP), is studied within the LVDC PLC concept. Channel characteristics between 2-30 MHz in the HomePlug GP frequency band and noise in the channel from the terminals of the PLC couplers are measured. Furthermore, data transmission tests with HomePlug GP compliant modems are carried out in the LVDC laboratory setup and on the LVDC research site.

Keywords

DC transmission networks; carrier transmission on power lines; high-frequency transmission lines; smart power grids; Green PHY; HomePlug 1.0 specification; HomePlug GP compliant modems; HomePlug GP frequency band; LVDC PLC concept; LVDC SG system; PLC couplers; channel characteristics; data transmission tests; electricity distribution; frequency 2 MHz to 30 MHz; high-frequency band power line communication; low-voltage DC; low-voltage direct current smart grid; power electronics; Couplers; Couplings; Data communication; Gain; Modems; Noise; OFDM; Channel characteristics; HomePlug Green PHY; high frequency (HF); low-voltage direct current (LVDC); power line communication (PLC); smart grid (SG);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Line Communications and its Applications (ISPLC), 2015 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Austin, TX

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISPLC.2015.7147615

Filename

7147615