A PLC-Based Method for Data Transmission Over a Pulsewidth-Modulated Network

Author

Mannah, Marc Anthony ; Batard, Christophe ; Ginot, Nicolas ; Machmoum, Mohamed

Author_Institution

IREENA Lab., Nantes, France

Volume

26

Issue

4

fYear

2011

Firstpage

2259

Lastpage

2266

Abstract

The use of power networks as a communication medium is currently under development. Power line communication (PLC) is a recent technology that allows interconnecting high-speed multimedia equipment while using the conventional domestic electric network. This paper deals with the use of this technology over pulsewidth-modulation (PWM) networks in motor-drive applications. The originality stands on the frontier of two distinct domains-communication and energy. First, the performance of the PLC technology conceived for domestic applications is evaluated when used over a PWM network. Operating limits and main difficulties encountered are underlined. Based on the requirements of the PWM network, new PLC modems are developed and tested. Experimental results presented in this paper show the capacity of these modems to overcome the hostile environment due to the inverter and to guarantee reliable communication over the PWM network.

Keywords

carrier transmission on power lines; data communication; induction motor drives; invertors; modems; pulse width modulation; PLC based method; PWM network; data transmission; domestic application; high speed multimedia equipment; inverter; modems; motor drive application; power line communication; pulsewidth modulated network; Data communication; Inverters; Modems; Power line communications; Pulse width modulation; Data transmission; energy; power-line communication; pulsewidth modulation (PWM);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Delivery, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8977

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TPWRD.2011.2159742

Filename

5963749