Proposed frame and preamble structure for MIMO narrowband power line communications

Author

Sayed, Mostafa ; Il-Han Kim ; Pande, Tarkesh ; Batra, Anuj ; Al-Dhahir, Naofal

Author_Institution

Texas Instrum., Dallas, TX, USA

fYear

2015

fDate

March 29 2015-April 1 2015

Firstpage

65

Lastpage

70

Abstract

Narrowband power line communications (NB-PLC) operating in the 3-500 kHz frequency band is proposed as a solution to support the emerging Smart Grid applications that aim to optimize the efficiency and reliability of the power grids. PLC is attractive for Smart Grid communications as it can be deployed over the existing power grids without any additional infrastructure. However, PLC suffers from impulsive noise and frequency-selective channels which degrade the system´s reliability and data rate. Multi-Input Multi-Output (MIMO) PLC is a promising technology to increase the data rate and provide robustness against the PLC interference. In this paper, we consider the design of a MIMO frame and preamble structure that can be efficiently used to perform initial receiver synchronization while ensuring backward compatibility with current NB-PLC standards.

Keywords

MIMO communication; carrier transmission on power lines; impulse noise; optimisation; power system reliability; radiofrequency interference; smart power grids; synchronisation; MIMO PLC; MIMO frame; MIMO narrowband power line communications; NB-PLC standards; PLC interference; backward compatibility; data rate; frequency 3 kHz to 500 kHz; frequency band; frequency-selective channels; impulsive noise; multiinput multioutput PLC; power grids; receiver synchronization; smart grid applications; smart grid communications; system reliability; Correlation; MIMO; Noise; OFDM; Payloads; Standards; Synchronization;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Line Communications and its Applications (ISPLC), 2015 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Austin, TX

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISPLC.2015.7147591

Filename

7147591