Experimental field trials of a utility AMR power line communication system analyzing channel effects and error correction methods

Author

Lasciandare, Alessandro ; Garotta, Stefano ; Veroni, Fabio ; Saccani, Emile ; Guerrieri, Lorenzo ; Arrigo, Domenico

Author_Institution

Dora S.p.A., Aosta

fYear

2007

fDate

26-28 March 2007

Firstpage

144

Lastpage

149

Abstract

This paper analyses the effects of noise in a real automated meter reading (AMR) environment where power line communication (PLC) is used for meter reading. The aim is to give an analysis of periodic noise properties through its effect on a B-FSK based PLC system and to compare different error correction techniques under different constraints of attenuation and noise produced by the real loads installed in the network. Tests have been carried out using two different channel frequencies in the CENELEC A band taking into account frequency dependence of the line.

Keywords

automatic meter reading; carrier transmission on power lines; error correction; telecommunication channels; B-FSK based PLC system; CENELEC; attenuation; automated meter reading; channel effect analysis; error correction method; experimental field trial; periodic noise; power line communication system; Attenuation; Automatic meter reading; Error correction; Forward error correction; Meter reading; Noise level; Power line communications; Programmable control; System testing; Working environment noise; Automatic Meter Reading; Forward Error Correction; Measurements and Channel Characterization; Power Line Communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Line Communications and Its Applications, 2007. ISPLC '07. IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Pisa

Print_ISBN

1-4244-1090-8

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-1090-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISPLC.2007.371113

Filename

4231687