The Powerline Communications (PLC) technology allows data transmission through electrical wires. Thus the electrical wiring will represent a data transmission channel conformable to the physical layer of the open system interconnection (OSI) model. In this work, the specifications of the Iraqi electrical network were used to model a high-voltage transmission line using a transmission (ABCD) matrix and use it as a communication channel for transmitting data within a narrow band . The transfer function of the suggested model was derived and its performance analysis was performed to evaluate the Line length effect, load impedance Z L and the source impedance Z S on the channel frequency response. This analysis was done with the help of Matlab16a simulator program.
Index Terms-High voltage, Iraqi power network, transmission line model.According to the Iraqi power grid, a high voltage power line (132 kV) has been modeled as a communication channel for narrowband (28 -500 kHz) data transmission [8]. A signal from PLC travels from the transmitter, coupling devices over the power line to the receiver. A similar path is provided for the bidirectional path. Three different parts of the PLC system are shown in Fig. These parts are terminating system, coupling device and transmission line [9]. The terminating system contains a transmitter, receiver, and