Broadband MIMO powerline channel emulator

Author

Weling, Nico ; Engelen, Andreas ; Thiel, Stephan

Author_Institution

Devolo AG, Aachen, Germany

fYear

2014

fDate

March 30 2014-April 2 2014

Firstpage

105

Lastpage

110

Abstract

Testing Broadband powerline modems was challenging in the past but will become much more challenging in the near future. Todays PLC modems mostly use SISO technology which means that they transmit and receive their data only between live an neutral wires. New PLC standards like HomePlug AV2.0 [1] or ITU-T G.hn G9963 [2] allow MIMO transmission by using the protective earth wire as additional transmission path. This paper presents a flexible FGPA based broadband PLC channel emulator which allows very reliable and reproducible testing of MIMO PLC modems.

Keywords

MIMO communication; broadband networks; carrier transmission on power lines; field programmable gate arrays; modems; FPGA based broadband PLC channel emulator; HomePlug AV2.0; ITU-T G.hn G9963; MIMO PLC modems; SISO technology; broadband MIMO powerline channel emulator; broadband powerline modems; neutral wires; protective earth wire; Couplings; Delays; Field programmable gate arrays; Finite impulse response filters; MIMO; Modems; Noise; Broadband; Channel; Emulator; FPGA; HomePlug; MIMO; PLC; Powerline; Simulator; devolo;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Line Communications and its Applications (ISPLC), 2014 18th IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Glasgow

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISPLC.2014.6812347

Filename

6812347