Radiated interference of high frequency broadband power line communications

Author

Ronkainen, Tarmo ; Vuohtoniemi, Risto ; Makela, Juha-Pekka

Author_Institution

Centre for Wireless Commun. (CWC), Univ. of Oulu, Oulu, Finland

fYear

2014

fDate

1-4 Sept. 2014

Firstpage

555

Lastpage

559

Abstract

This paper presents a simulation and an empirical study of radiated interference of high frequency broadband power line communications. Utilization of high frequencies for power line communications may cause unwanted radio interference which needs to be treated with caution. The preliminary results obtained in this work show how the components and structures of a power grid segment will contribute to the overall interference radiation when frequencies above 100 MHz are used for power line communication. The results will provide assistance when making more comprehensive measurement campaigns for deciding on the transmission levels for power line communications in UHF and higher frequencies.

Keywords

broadband networks; carrier transmission on power lines; power grids; radiofrequency interference; UHF frequencies; frequency 100 MHz; high frequencies utilization; high frequency broadband power line communications; interference radiation; power grid segment; radiated interference; transmission levels; Electromagnetic compatibility; Frequency measurement; OFDM; Plugs; Power line communications; Sockets; Standards; Electromagnetic compatibility; Measurements; Simulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC Europe), 2014 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Gothenburg

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EMCEurope.2014.6930968

Filename

6930968