Modeling and analysis of noise in power line communication for smart metering

Author

Panchadcharam, S. ; Taylor, G.A. ; Pisica, I. ; Irving, M.R.

fYear

2012

fDate

22-26 July 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

8

Abstract

Power line communication (PLC) has been widely used in the Smart Grid environment as it represents a low cost communication solution for distribution networks and more recently smart metering. However, its instability under noisy channel conditions requires careful simulations and modelling before implementing any PLC-based solution. Modelling physical characteristics of PLC using different simulation tools has been investigated in the past and is an ongoing research challenge. In this paper, the suitability of PLC for smart metering is tested in terms of scalability and performances under different noise conditions, by using discrete event simulations for a PLC model previously validated with experimental results under the EU-funded project HiPerDNO.

Keywords

carrier transmission on power lines; noise; smart meters; smart power grids; HiPerDNO EU-funded project; PLC model; discrete event simulations; distribution networks; low cost communication solution; noise analysis; noisy channel conditions; power line communication; smart grid environment; smart metering; Bit error rate; Noise; Protocols; Quality of service; Real-time systems; Scalability; Throughput; Bit error rate (BER); communication systems; noise; power line communication (PLC); smart metering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power and Energy Society General Meeting, 2012 IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

ISSN

1944-9925

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2727-5

Electronic_ISBN

1944-9925

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PESGM.2012.6345488

Filename

6345488