Immunity of power line communications (PLC) in disturbed networks

Author

Vallbè, B. ; Balcells, J. ; Bogónez-Franco, P. ; Mata, J. ; Gago, X.

Author_Institution

Univ. Politec. de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

fYear

2011

fDate

27-30 June 2011

Firstpage

1621

Lastpage

1625

Abstract

This paper presents an analysis of electromagnetic immunity of energy metering devices, using broadband power line communications (PLC) in low voltage (LV) supply networks with high levels of disturbance. Several tests have been carried out to characterize the behavior of PLC modems and couplers in presence of the most common types of disturbances and electromagnetic interferences (EMI) which can be expected in LV distribution networks. The method exposed allows repeat the tests with different modems, communications wires and couplers. Thus it is possible to compare different elements between them and choose the best for every occasion.

Keywords

carrier transmission on power lines; electromagnetic coupling; electromagnetic interference; power meters; PLC; broadband power line communications; communications wires; couplers; disturbed networks; electromagnetic immunity; electromagnetic interferences; energy metering devices; low voltage supply networks; Bandwidth; Bit rate; Couplers; Interference; Modems; Noise; Power line communications; EMI; Electromagnetic Interferences; PLC; Power line communications;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Electronics (ISIE), 2011 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Gdansk

ISSN

Pending

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9310-4

Electronic_ISBN

Pending

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISIE.2011.5984403

Filename

5984403