European MIMO PLC field measurements: Channel analysis

Author

Schneider, Daniel ; Schwager, Andreas ; Bäschlin, Werner ; Pagani, Pascal

Author_Institution

Eur. Technol. Center (EuTEC), Sony Deutschland GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany

fYear

2012

fDate

27-30 March 2012

Firstpage

304

Lastpage

309

Abstract

Utilization of Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) principles improves throughput and reliability in particular of residential Power Line Communications (PLC) systems. This paper analyses the MIMO-PLC channels based on measurements obtained during the ETSI STF410 field measurement campaign in six European countries. STF410 recorded - among many other measurements - the transfer functions of all individual MIMO paths in frequencies up to 100 MHz. The channel analysis in this paper compares different MIMO configurations and investigates the attenuation, correlation and capacity of the MIMO-PLC channel.

Keywords

MIMO communication; carrier transmission on power lines; measurement systems; telecommunication network reliability; transfer functions; ETSI STF410 field measurement campaign; European MIMO PLC field measurements; channel analysis; multiple input multiple output principles; reliability improvement; residential power line communications systems; throughput improvement; transfer functions; Attenuation; Channel capacity; Correlation; Couplers; Frequency measurement; MIMO; Transfer functions; MIMO; Power line communication; channel capacity; channel transfer function; measurements;

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.2012.6201316

Filename

6201316