EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS FOR VERIFICATION OF THE PARAMETRIC MODEL FOR REFERENCE CHANNELS IN THE REAL PLC ENVIRONMENT

Rastislav Róka - Juraj Urminský

   For the expansion of power line communication (PLC) systems, it is necessary to have a detailed knowledge of the PLC transmission channel properties. Their understanding represents the basics in a way of searching for the most powerful PLC data transmission systems. Then, power lines would be able to provide popular services such as an Internet access or in-home/office networking at minimal costs. This contribution shortly discusses the PLC environment and a classification of PLC transmission channels. Also, characteristics of the parametric model for reference channels are described. A main part of our contribution is focused on the presentation of experimental measurements for verification of the parametric model for PLC reference channels in the real PLC environment. Presented information represents a reach enough knowledgebase for a design of the PLC modem that can be used for a practical deployment of the PLC data transmission..

Keywords: PLC environment, parametric model of the PLC transfer function, PLC reference channels

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