Impulsive noise reduction of a narrowband power line communication using optimal nonlinearity technique

Author

Korki, Mehdi ; Hosseinzadeh, Nasser ; Vu, Hai L. ; Moazzeni, Taleb ; Foh, Chuan Heng

Author_Institution

Fac. of Eng. & Ind. Sci., Swinburne Univ. of Technol., Melbourne, VIC, Australia

fYear

2011

fDate

9-11 Nov. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this paper, we propose an optimal Clipping/Blanking nonlinearity technique for impulsive noise reduction in narrowband (9 kHz-490 kHz) PLC system. This optimal technique is based on the minimum bit error rate (BER) search. For our simulation, we have derived the transfer function of a typical low voltage (LV) PLC network using the common bottom-up approach and scattering matrix method. Our simulation results, in terms of BER versus signal to noise ratio (SNR), show that the proposed technique improves the BER performance of the narrowband PLC system.

Keywords

S-matrix theory; carrier transmission on power lines; error statistics; impulse noise; BER search; PLC system; SNR; bit error rate; blanking nonlinearity technique; clipping nonlinearity technique; common bottom-up approach; frequency 9 kHz to 490 kHz; impulsive noise reduction; narrowband power line communication; optimal nonlinearity technique; scattering matrix method; signal to noise ratio; transfer function; Bit error rate; Blanking; Broadband communication; Narrowband; OFDM; Signal to noise ratio; Clipping/Blanking; OFDM; Power line communication; impulsive noise; noise reduction technique;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Australasian Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (ATNAC), 2011

Conference_Location

Melbourne, VIC

ISSN

Pending

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1711-6

Electronic_ISBN

Pending

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ATNAC.2011.6096646

Filename

6096646