Channel model for a power line communication medium in an LVDC distribution system

Author

Pinomaa, A. ; Ahola, J. ; Kosonen, A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Lappeenranta Univ. of Technol. (LUT), Lappeenranta, Finland

fYear

2012

fDate

27-30 March 2012

Firstpage

404

Lastpage

410

Abstract

It has been shown that power line communication (PLC) in the high frequency (HF) band is a feasible data transmission method for a future smart grid concept - a low-voltage direct current (LVDC) distribution system. Furthermore, PLC is proposed as a basis of the data network architecture in the LVDC system. In the analysis of the communication channel characteristics and the design of the communication system, channel modeling plays an essential role. A PLC channel model in the LVDC system is presented and analyzed in this paper. The channel model is implemented with a circuit simulator, which provides several advantages for the modeling; for instance, channel characteristics can be analyzed and modeled both in the time and frequency domain. In this paper, the PLC channel gain (including signal attenuation in the power cable) in the LVDC system is modeled in the frequency domain. The channel model is verified by and compared with measurements carried out in the PLC channel in an LVDC laboratory system.

Keywords

carrier transmission on power lines; circuit simulation; data communication; frequency-domain analysis; power distribution; smart power grids; telecommunication channels; time-domain analysis; HF band; LVDC distribution system; LVDC laboratory system; PLC channel gain; PLC channel model; circuit simulator; communication channel characteristics; communication system design; data network architecture; data transmission method; frequency domain; high frequency band; low-voltage direct current distribution system; power cable; power line communication medium; signal attenuation; smart grid concept; time domain; Conductors; Couplings; Insulated gate bipolar transistors; Integrated circuit modeling; Inverters; Power cables; Rectifiers; channel modeling; low-voltage direct current (LVDC); power line communication (PLC); smart grids;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Line Communications and Its Applications (ISPLC), 2012 16th IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Beijing

ISSN

PENDING

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0359-0

Electronic_ISBN

PENDING

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISPLC.2012.6201315

Filename

6201315