Framework to establish a simplex communication system over a power line using load signatures

Abstract

This paper presents a simple and novel methodology developed to set up and establish a simplex communication system over a power line using load signatures. Traditional concepts such as normalization and matched filtering form the core of these algorithms. The analysis also relies extensively on the voltage and current measurements made over a fixed period of time on a single phase. Furthermore, analyses on the capacity of this kind of system are also presented; taking into consideration various disturbances.