An experimental setup for in-circuit optimization of broadband automotive power-line communications

Author

Van Rensburg, Petrus A Janse ; Ferreira, Hendrik C. ; Snyders, Abraham J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Walter Sisulu Univ., South Africa

fYear

2005

fDate

6-8 April 2005

Firstpage

322

Lastpage

325

Abstract

In this paper, an experimental setup for broadband automotive power-line communications is presented. Modular prototyping equipment is used to construct both a transmitting and receiving node on the wiring harness of a motorcar. Initial characterizing measurements are used to choose typical point-to-point communication paths. Some benchmarking results at 1 Mbps (4-FSK) and 5 Mbps (2-FSK) are also presented. This experimental setup is intended to study the suitability of various modulation techniques and frequency bands. Gathered data is also intended to help trade off performance against complexity/cost.

Keywords

automotive electronics; broadband networks; carrier transmission on power lines; frequency shift keying; optimisation; FSK; broadband automotive power-line communications; incircuit optimization; modular prototyping equipment; motorcar; Automotive engineering; Battery charge measurement; Broadband communication; Capacitors; Couplings; Frequency; Impedance; Power cables; Transfer functions; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Line Communications and Its Applications, 2005 International Symposium on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8844-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISPLC.2005.1430523

Filename

1430523