Modeling of Transfer Characteristics for the Broadband Power Line Communication Channel
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https://doi.org/10.46243/jst.2021.v5.i06.pp165-174Keywords:
Channel modeling, communication channel, power line communications.Abstract
—This paper presents a novel approach to model the transfer function of electrical power lines for broadband power line communication. In this approach, the power line is approx- imated as a transmission line and the two intrinsic parameters, the characteristic impedance and the propagation constants, are derived based on the lumped-element circuit model. Using these intrinsic parameters, the transfer characteristics for a N-branch power distribution network are derived based on the scattering matrix method. Detail derivation of this line model is given in thispaper. The model has been verified with practical measurements conducted on actual power networks. It is demonstrated that the model accurately determine the line characteristics under different network configuration and when different household appliances are connected.
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