Narrowband powerline channel emulation platform for smart grid applications

This paper investigates the system design of complete narrowband powerline channel (NB-PLC) emulator that is capable of reproducing as much as possible realistic channel non idealities that corrupt communication quality. In this work, authors present the key role of NB-PLC in smart grid applications and details the existing challenges for such technology to succeed its functionalities in such grids. An emulation platform design is then presented, based on a digital signal processor (DSP).