Preliminary analysis of additive noise on outdoor and low voltage electric power grid in Brazil

Author

Andrade, F.J.A. ; Marques, C.A.G. ; Oliveira, T.R. ; Campos, F.P.V. ; de Oliveira, E.J. ; Ribeiro, M.V.

Author_Institution

Electr. Eng. Dept., UFJF - Fed. Univ. of Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, Brazil

fYear

2013

fDate

24-27 March 2013

Firstpage

109

Lastpage

113

Abstract

This work aim at presenting a preliminary analysis of additive noises on outdoor and low voltage electric power grid when the frequency band between 1.7 and 100 MHz is considered. These noises were obtained during a measurement campaign carried out in a Brazilian suburban area comprising a low-income community. The statistical analysis in the time and frequency domains reveal the hardness of such environment for data communication as well as the white holes that can be opportunistic used by PLC systems to operate in the same frequency band of primary users.

Keywords

carrier transmission on power lines; noise; power grids; statistical analysis; Brazil; PLC systems; additive noise; low voltage electric power grid; outdoor electric power grid; preliminary analysis; statistical analysis; Frequency-domain analysis; Noise; Noise measurement; Power measurement; Power systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Line Communications and Its Applications (ISPLC), 2013 17th IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Johannesburg

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-6014-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-6015-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISPLC.2013.6525834

Filename

6525834