Broadband power-line communication channel model: Comparison between theory and experiments

Author

Anatory, Justinian ; Theethayi, Nelson ; Thottappillil, Rajeev ; Kissaka, Mussa M. ; Mvungi, Nerey H.

Author_Institution

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

fYear

2008

fDate

2-4 April 2008

Firstpage

322

Lastpage

324

Abstract

Recently different models have been proposed for analyzing the BPLC systems based on transmission line (TL) theory. In this paper one such BPLC model is validated using laboratory experiments by comparing the channel transfer functions. A good agreement between the BPLC model based on TL theory and experiments is found for channel frequencies up to about 100 MHz.

Keywords

broadband networks; carrier transmission on power lines; telecommunication channels; transfer functions; transmission line theory; BPLC systems; broadband power-line communication channel model; channel frequency; channel transfer functions; transmission line theory; Broadband communication; Cables; Communication channels; Frequency; Impedance; Laboratories; Lightning; Optical reflection; Power system modeling; Transfer functions; branched network; broadband power line; frequency response; indoor channel; low voltage channel; medium voltage channel; multipath; power line channel; transfer function;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Line Communications and Its Applications, 2008. ISPLC 2008. IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Jeju city, Jeju Island

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1975-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1976-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISPLC.2008.4510447

Filename

4510447