A Review on Powerline Carrier Channels for both Overhead Lines and Underground Cables

Abstract

In growing technology, powerline communication (PLC) plays a major role in communication for smart grid. The PLC channel characteristics plays a key role in signal propagation. Hence, it is necessary to analyse PLC channel characteristics. This paper presents an analysis of PLC channels for both overhead lines and underground cables. Various type of PLC conductors are used for the both overhead transmission lines and underground cables to study PLC channel characteristics. Further, a detailed modelling of PLC channels is described in this paper.