Evaluation of narrowband power line communications on a smart grid testbed

Author

Crolla, Paul ; Tonello, Andrea ; Weiss, Stephan ; Burt, Graeme

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK

fYear

2011

fDate

5-7 Dec. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Power line communications (PLC) has been popularly used for in-home networking in the broadband case, where a number of useful channel models exist. For narrowband PLC applicable to longer distances and smart grid communications, few measurement campaigns and channel models exist. In this paper, we aim to report on an anticipated measurement campaign, and its impact both on the construction of a suitable channel model as well as its application to a filter-bank based transmultiplexer, which can be optimally adjusted based on parameters informed by such channel measurements.

Keywords

carrier transmission on power lines; smart power grids; transmultiplexing; channel models; filter-bank based transmultiplexer; in-home networking; narrowband PLC; narrowband power line communications; smart grid communications; smart grid testbed; Broadband communication; Channel models; Educational institutions; Narrowband; Network topology; Smart grids; Transceivers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Innovative Smart Grid Technologies (ISGT Europe), 2011 2nd IEEE PES International Conference and Exhibition on

Conference_Location

Manchester

ISSN

2165-4816

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1422-1

Electronic_ISBN

2165-4816

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISGTEurope.2011.6162791

Filename

6162791