Analysis of narrowband power line communication channels for advanced metering infrastructure

Cortes, José A.; Sanz, A.; Estopinan, P.; García, José Ignacio

doi:10.1186/s13634-015-0211-4

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“…Measurements have been performed in three scenarios (all of them in Spain): rural (126), semiurban (70) and urban (115). Additional details of the measurement scenarios and of the employed setup can be found in [20].…”

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On the suitability of the Middleton class A noise model for narrowband PLC

Cortes¹,

Sanz²,

Estopinan³

et al. 2016

2016 International Symposium on Power Line Communications and Its Applications (ISPLC)

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This paper analyzes the suitability of the Middleton canonical class A distribution to model the noise amplitude in narrowband power line communications (NB-PLC). The study has been accomplished using 311 noise registers measured in the CENELEC-A band.Obtained results indicate that this model has a quite limited capability to represent the measured noise, since only 14.47% of the registers have amplitudes drawn from this distribution. Nevertheless, the analysis of these successful cases provides practical information for the utilization of the model. Hence, 56% of these cases can be adequately modeled by truncating the infinite sum in the class A probability density function (PDF) to two terms, which makes it equivalent to the Bernoulli-Gaussian model. It is also shown that the values of the impulsive index and the Gaussian to impulsive power noise ratio are inversely related.

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On the suitability of the Middleton class A noise model for narrowband PLC

Cortes¹,

Sanz²,

Estopinan³

et al. 2016

2016 International Symposium on Power Line Communications and Its Applications (ISPLC)

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“…This is shown in Table II where the average ACG, RMS-DS and CB are reported for different bands and scenarios. Data were obtained from [62], [69], [66], [70] (NB-PLC measurements in Indian and Chinese sites), [71] (for the CENELEC-A band of 3-95 kHz). The NB channel characterization has been less documented than the BB one, especially for the outdoor scenario.…”

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State of the Art in Power Line Communications: From the Applications to the Medium

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Pittolo

Malone

et al. 2016

IEEE J. Select. Areas Commun.

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In recent decades, power line communication has attracted considerable attention from the research community and industry, as well as from regulatory and standardization bodies. In this article we provide an overview of both narrowband and broadband systems, covering potential applications, regulatory and standardization efforts and recent research advancements in channel characterization, physical layer performance, medium access and higher layer specifications and evaluations. We also identify areas of current and further study that will enable the continued success of power line communication technology.essentially concerned with coexistence with other systems that also use the power grid (i.e. machines and appliances that draw electricity) and wireless systems operating in the same frequency bands as PLC. The frequency range used for today's PLC solutions starts as low as 125 Hz and reaches as high as 100 MHz. A useful classification of PLC systems according to frequency bands has been introduced in [28]: it distinguishes between ultra-narrowband (UNB), narrowband (NB) and broadband (BB) PLC systems, operating between about 125-3000 Hz, 3-500 kHz and 1.8-100 MHz, respectively. Most recent developments in standardization and regulation activities over the past 20 or so years apply to NB and BB PLC systems, and we will focus on these in the following.

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“…The general technical idea of Power Line Communication (PLC) is to modulate a radio signal with data and sends it through power lines in a band of frequencies which are not used for supplying electricity [34]. The used frequencies and the modulation scheme have a significant influence on the efficiency and the speed of the PLC service [11]. One of the modulation schemes among others used for voice and data communication over power line communication is Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM).…”

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“…Some special applications of PLC are [10,11,13]: 1. Automatic Meter Reading (AMR): In this technology, data from energy meter is automatically collected and transfered to the central database for bill and analysis.…”

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Investigative Study of Voice and Data Communication Over Power Line Communication System

2019

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Communication is the transfer of information from one point to another over a channel. However, as technology is growing, more information is needed to be passed over large distances for the realization of the world being a global village. There is the need to place a reliable communication system that will transmit effortlessly both data and voice over a channel. Power Line Communication (PLC) also known as Broadband over Power Line (BPL) technology offers high speed and broadband communication services to homes connected to the power lines. This makes use of the electrical lines for transmission of data up to the last mile and there is no need of separating copper cables, short haul satellite systems, optical fibre cable and Wi-Fi. This work presented an overview of a voice and data communication over PLC in terms of the various types, equipment use, method of communication, application, regulatory activities on PLC and the challenges facing the implementation of power line for transmitting voice and data. Therefore, PLC is a viable alternative to all other methods of transmission as it is readily available and can be easily implemented in rural areas where other communication systems are not implemented for the transmission of voice and data communication.

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Analysis of narrowband power line communication channels for advanced metering infrastructure

Cited by 31 publications

References 15 publications

On the suitability of the Middleton class A noise model for narrowband PLC

On the suitability of the Middleton class A noise model for narrowband PLC

State of the Art in Power Line Communications: From the Applications to the Medium

Investigative Study of Voice and Data Communication Over Power Line Communication System

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