Narrow band power line channel characteristics for low voltage access network in China

Author

Guangbin Chu ; Jianqi Li ; Weilin Liu

Author_Institution

China Electr. Power Res. Inst. (CEPRI), Beijing, China

fYear

2013

fDate

24-27 March 2013

Firstpage

297

Lastpage

302

Abstract

The paper deals with narrow band power line channel for low voltage access network in China. Major channel characteristics such as access impedances, interferences, and attenuations for frequency between 30-500 kHz are evaluated based on measurements results in a typical urban underground network. Coupling mode has a significant impact on the performance of narrow band power line communication. Comparison of impedance, noise and attenuation between single phase and three phase coupling is given. Link Quality Index (LQI) derived from noise and attenuation is introduced to compare different channels. Examples of available SNR for the considered LV network using LQI approach with CENELEC A band signal such as PRIME are given.

Keywords

carrier transmission on power lines; interference (signal); low-power electronics; underground communication; CENELEC A band signal; LQI approach; LV network; PRIME; access impedances; attenuations; coupling mode; frequency 30 kHz to 500 kHz; interferences; link quality index; low voltage access network; narrow band power line channel characteristics; narrow band power line communication; single phase coupling; three phase coupling; urban underground network; Attenuation; Buildings; Couplings; Impedance; Impedance measurement; Signal to noise ratio; PLC; coupling; impedance; link quality index; noise; power line channel;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Line Communications and Its Applications (ISPLC), 2013 17th IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Johannesburg

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-6014-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-6015-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISPLC.2013.6525867

Filename

6525867