Title :
Broadband MIMO powerline channel emulator
Author :
Weling, Nico ; Engelen, Andreas ; Thiel, Stephan
Author_Institution :
Devolo AG, Aachen, Germany
fDate :
March 30 2014-April 2 2014
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;
Conference_Titel :
Power Line Communications and its Applications (ISPLC), 2014 18th IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Glasgow
DOI :
10.1109/ISPLC.2014.6812347
