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A common impairment in both wireless and wireline orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) schemes is narrowband interference (NBI). NBI has the detrimental effect of making the tones on which the NBI falls and in some cases neighboring tones unusable, thus reducing the effective signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the system. Some examples of mechanisms that generate NBI are switched mode power...
In this 15.875paper, we propose a method to achieve high data rates using a shortened orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) frame format in the physical layer (PHY) for narrowband power line communication (NB PLC) systems. The new frame structure will combine the preamble and information in the same OFDM symbol so that the overhead from the preamble is reduced. Then we consider the optimal...
Non-Gaussian noise/interference severely limits communication performance of narrowband powerline communication (PLC) systems. Such noise/interference is dominated by periodic impulsive noise whose statistics varies with the AC cycle. The periodic impulsive noise statistics deviates significantly from that of additive white Gaussian noise, thereby causing dramatic performance degradation in conventional...
Narrowband power line communications (NB-PLC) operating in the 3–500 kHz frequency band is proposed as a solution to support the emerging Smart Grid applications that aim to optimize the efficiency and reliability of the power grids. PLC is attractive for Smart Grid communications as it can be deployed over the existing power grids without any additional infrastructure. However, PLC suffers from impulsive...
Current generation narrowband power-line communication systems are OFDM based. They are especially susceptible to narrowband interference (NBI) which is generated by switching power supplies and legacy communication systems. In this paper we propose a novel method for mitigating the effect of NBI. The method exploits a well-known characteristic of NBI spectral leakage in that it is frequency dependent...
Narrowband interference (NBI) is a significant impairment for multi-carrier modulation systems in both wireless and wireline channels. NBI may be generated by switching power supplies and legacy communication systems, and in many instances may be tonal in nature [1]. Recently, a novel method for mitigating the effect of NBI was proposed in [2] which works on minimizing the NBI spectral leakage by...
In this paper an overview of the PRIME specification v1.4 is given. In this new version, many additional features have been defined at both PHY and MAC layers to improve the existing PRIME technology and prepare it for LV grid enhanced operation. The communication robustness has been increased thanks to the innovative robust transmission modes especially designed to maintain a low system complexity...
This paper presents in detail channel and noise characteristics from 50 kHz to roughly 500 kHz based on the field tests over underground low voltage (LV) power lines in residential and industrial areas in Korean electricity grids. We show that the channel characteristics of narrowband signals over underground LV power lines are decent while from the literature, it is known that broadband signals on...
A Smart Grid intelligently monitors and controls energy flows in an electric grid. Having up-to-date distributed readings of grid conditions helps utilities efficiently scale generation up or down to meet demand. Narrowband powerline communication (PLC) systems can provide these up-to-date readings from subscribers to the local utility over existing power lines. A key challenge in PLC systems is overcoming...
This paper presents in details the implementation and field test results of a software defined power line communication (PLC) modem using digital signal processor (DSP). The flexible software architecture using a single hardware supports multiple standard solutions, such as PRIME, G3, IEEE P1901.2. The modem software can also be configured to use different OFDM technologies to combat channel impairment...
We compare the performance of different powerline communication (PLC) systems under various realistic noise conditions, namely white noise, periodic impulsive noise in the time-domain, and narrowband co-channel interference. We base the study on narrowband (<; 500 kHz) PLC based on OFDM in general, with specific focus on two prominent PLC industrial specifications for e-metering applications: PRIME...
In orthogonal frequency division-multiple access (OFDMA) systems, the available downlink frequency is divided into subbands which are shared among users. The transmitter determines the users that are scheduled on each subband, and the data rate for each user. To enable these transmitter choices, each user feeds back a channel quality indicator (CQI), giving a compressed version of its observed signal-to-interference-noise...
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