Characterisation of powerline for UWB communication

Author

Chen, S. ; Chen, Xia ; Parini, Clive G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Queen Mary Univ. of London, London

fYear

2008

fDate

6-6 Nov. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

This paper presents the study of the UWB (ultra wideband) transmission characteristics over household powerline in a very high frequency band, from 50 MHz to 800 MHz. The characteristics of a type of commonly used powerline, 2.5 mm flat twin earth cable is examined for its use in UWB communication in both software simulation and measurements. Transmission of a UWB pulse over powerline is modelled in Microwave Studio CST^TM, followed by experimental channel studies in frequency domain, transient response is also analysed. The emphases are on radiation, signal attenuation and dispersion of the powerline in high frequency range. All these indicate that high data rate transmission is possible over the power-line channel in 50 - 800 MHz.

Keywords

carrier transmission on power lines; transient response; ultra wideband communication; UWB communication; flat twin earth cable; frequency 50 MHz to 800 MHz; frequency domain; power-line channel; powerline communication; signal attenuation; size 2.5 mm; transient response; ultra wideband transmission; Dispersion; Powerline Communication; Radiation; Ultra Wideband;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Wideband and Ultrawideband Systems and Technologies: Evaluating current Research and Development, 2008 IET Seminar on

Conference_Location

London

ISSN

0537-9989

Print_ISBN

978-0-86341-936-2

Type

conf

Filename

4777929