Performance of practical receiver schemes for impulsive UWB modulation on a real MV power line network

Author

Versolatto, Fabio ; Tonello, Andrea M. ; Girotto, Mauro ; Tornelli, Carlo

Author_Institution

DIEGM, Univ. di Udine, Udine, Italy

fYear

2011

fDate

14-16 Sept. 2011

Firstpage

610

Lastpage

614

Abstract

We consider the deployment of impulsive ultra wide band (I-UWB) modulation for power line communications (PLC) on medium voltage (MV) networks. We firstly describe several receiver structures, and practical channel detection algorithms based on a data-aided approach. The joint estimation of the channel response and the noise correlation is also considered. Then, we address the system performance on real MV channels. The channels have been measured in a real MV test network. Results are provided in terms of bit error rate, with a power spectral density constraint.

Keywords

carrier transmission on power lines; error statistics; modulation; radio receivers; ultra wideband communication; bit error rate; channel detection algorithm; channel response; data-aided approach; impulsive UWB modulation; impulsive ultra wide band modulation; joint estimation; medium voltage power line network; noise correlation; power line communications; practical receiver scheme; receiver structure; Bit error rate; Channel estimation; Correlation; Modulation; Noise; Receivers; Training;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Ultra-Wideband (ICUWB), 2011 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Bologna

ISSN

2162-6588

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1763-5

Electronic_ISBN

2162-6588

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICUWB.2011.6058921

Filename

6058921