Title :
Impact of mains zero crossing synchronization on powerline communication
Author :
Souissi, Souha ; Ben Rhouma, Ons ; Rebai, Chiheb
Author_Institution :
GRESCOM Res. Lab., Univ. of Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia
Abstract :
This paper investigates the impact of mains zero crossing (ZC) variation on single carrier powerline (PLC) system. Because of non-idealities of alternative current (AC) signal, ZC presents a fluctuant behavior that may corrupt communication performance for such PLC systems. Authors present an overview of narrowband PLC participation in smart grid applications and a study of main AC signal perturbations. After that, the effect of early and late ZC detection is studied over a single carrier PLC using different baud rates. Simulations show that a delay of one third bit duration deteriorates bit error rate to 10-2 even in good channel conditions.
Keywords :
carrier transmission on power lines; error statistics; smart power grids; synchronisation; AC signal; ZC variation; alternative current signal; baud rates; bit error rate; fluctuant behavior; mains zero crossing synchronization; narrowband PLC participation; powerline communication; single carrier powerline system; smart grid; Adaptive optics; Bit error rate; Delays; Frequency shift keying; IEC standards; ISO; delay; mains; powerline; smart grid; synchronization; zero crossing;
Conference_Titel :
Networks, Computers and Communications, The 2014 International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Hammamet
DOI :
10.1109/SNCC.2014.6866515
