{"title":"Transformer bypass circuit","authors":"V. Krishnan","doi":"10.1109/ISPLC.2005.1430513","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISPLC.2005.1430513","url":null,"abstract":"One of the greatest roadblocks to achieving high-speed communications over electrical power lines is the presence of the transformer. The transformer is an integral component of the electrical transmission lines. But high frequency signals cannot pass through the transformer and hence it is essential for them to traverse an alternate path, effectively bypassing the transformer. This paper describes a transformer bypass circuit. The mechanism described allows signals to be retained in the analog domain while bypassing the transformer.","PeriodicalId":153251,"journal":{"name":"International Symposium on Power Line Communications and Its Applications, 2005.","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130393137","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"OFDM receiver performance analysis with measured power line channel model for coded OFDM system","authors":"Yong-Hwa Kim, Seong-Cheol Kim, H. Oh","doi":"10.1109/ISPLC.2005.1430496","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISPLC.2005.1430496","url":null,"abstract":"This paper reports the results of wideband channel measurements conducted on in apartment environments. Two kinds of channel measurements were performed: impulse response measurements and noise signal measurements. In measure based channel model, the performance degradation is analyzed due to timing synchronization and colored noise in orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) based power line communication (PLC) systems and then proceeds to propose a new receiver scheme for channel estimation and soft decision decoding scheme under imperfect channel estimation. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm can efficiently eliminate the effects of imperfect channel estimation and colored noise for coded OFDM system.","PeriodicalId":153251,"journal":{"name":"International Symposium on Power Line Communications and Its Applications, 2005.","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130585166","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Modelling and simulation of a SFN based PLC network","authors":"R. Brito, G. Bumiller, Yeqiong Song","doi":"10.1109/ISPLC.2005.1430525","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISPLC.2005.1430525","url":null,"abstract":"The problem addressed in this paper is how to design an efficient network protocol specially suited for SFN based master-slave PLC system [Bumiller, G, 2002]. Since the power-line is a complex medium not suited for data transmission, hence classical routing is not efficient For this purpose, and thanks to the physical layer emulator [Bumiller, G, 2004] implemented by iAd, we used the simulation approach to derive important design parameters such as repeater level variation, packet error rate, etc. The understanding of the influence of these parameters allowed us to develop an efficient protocol. This work has been carried out as part of the REMPLI project (European program NNE5-2001-00825, www.Rempli.org). The main objective of REMPLI is to develop a distributed infrastructure suitable for real-time monitoring and control of energy distribution and consumption. PLC technology has been chosen to form the main communication infrastructure.","PeriodicalId":153251,"journal":{"name":"International Symposium on Power Line Communications and Its Applications, 2005.","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132218190","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. J. Snyders, H. Ferreira, A.W. Ballot, P. V. Van Rensburg
{"title":"The impact of coupling/filtering on orthogonal M-FSK","authors":"A. J. Snyders, H. Ferreira, A.W. Ballot, P. V. Van Rensburg","doi":"10.1109/ISPLC.2005.1430497","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISPLC.2005.1430497","url":null,"abstract":"This study exposes the impact of the transmitter coupling circuitry's varying filter characteristic, as a result of the fluctuation in power-line impedance, on the performance of individual orthogonal M-FSK (M-ary frequency shift keying) symbol carriers in the presence of AWGN. Traditionally, performance characteristics for orthogonal M-FSK in the presence of AWGN assume that the individual symbol carriers are exposed to the same channel signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). This is true in the case where only the flat part of the magnitude response of the coupling circuit is considered adequate for symbol carrier positioning. However, with bit loading techniques and error correction even the non-flat parts with steep roll-off can be used to position additional symbol carriers, thus creating possibilities for increased robustness against frequency-related disturbances as a result of using more symbol carriers. When this option is used, the individual symbol carriers are not always exposed to the same channel SNR. This study assumes only the presence of AWGN, due to its emphasis on the impact of the transmitter coupling circuitry's varying filter characteristic.","PeriodicalId":153251,"journal":{"name":"International Symposium on Power Line Communications and Its Applications, 2005.","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123822560","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Security concept for a wide-area low-bandwidth power-line communication system","authors":"A. Treytl, T. Sauter","doi":"10.1109/ISPLC.2005.1430467","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISPLC.2005.1430467","url":null,"abstract":"Remote meter reading and data acquisition is gaining importance. Especially in situations where easily accessible communication media are used or multiple service providers are involved, security concerns appear which must be considered during the system design phase. This paper describes the security concept for the REMPLI system, a power-line-based communication infrastructure used to connect metering and control equipment to centrally located application servers. To efficiently cope with potential security threats, an asset and risk analysis was conducted which formed the basis for the setup of an appropriate security architecture. In addition, this article tackles selected problems of key distribution and the secure handling of data within a security token.","PeriodicalId":153251,"journal":{"name":"International Symposium on Power Line Communications and Its Applications, 2005.","volume":"54 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124827577","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Distribution of digital TV signals over home power line networks","authors":"G. Markarian, Xufeng Huo","doi":"10.1109/ISPLC.2005.1430541","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISPLC.2005.1430541","url":null,"abstract":"Nowadays the interest in transmitting video over home networks increases rapidly and services like video on demand are getting more attention. This article starts by providing an overview of the power line communication technology. Then the article presents the results of series practical measurements of the throughput, the response time, the transaction rate and the quality of different kinds of video streams, including real time video and kinds of video files, over the power line network at different locations in rooms of the research lab at the University of Leeds. Following that, a comparison between power line network and other networks serving as the backbone of home network to transmit video signals is given. Finally, a discussion of the feasibility of distributing digital TV signals over home power line networks and a brief description of market perspectives and promising applications are included.","PeriodicalId":153251,"journal":{"name":"International Symposium on Power Line Communications and Its Applications, 2005.","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125109928","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
C. Liu, S. Weiss, Soydan Redif, T. Cooper, L. Lampe, J. McWhirter
{"title":"Channel coding for power line communication based on oversampled filter banks","authors":"C. Liu, S. Weiss, Soydan Redif, T. Cooper, L. Lampe, J. McWhirter","doi":"10.1109/ISPLC.2005.1430507","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISPLC.2005.1430507","url":null,"abstract":"Oversampled filter banks (OSFB) can be applied as channel coding and have shown benefits in correlated and impulsive noise. Therefore, in this paper, we consider such channel coders for a power line communications scenario, where such conditions create a hostile channel environment. The proposed channel coder assumes the knowledge of the noise covariance matrix. The transmission is accomplished over the N weakest eigenmodes of the noise, which are identified by means of a broadband eigenvalue decomposition. We demonstrate by simulations that this approach can lead to an enhancement of the SNR in the receiver and to improved performance over standard channel coding approaches.","PeriodicalId":153251,"journal":{"name":"International Symposium on Power Line Communications and Its Applications, 2005.","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127913856","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
T. Haq, J. Newbury, K. Morris, F. Robertson, L. Wills, I. Summers
{"title":"Evaluation of key parameters for determining the efficiency of signal propagation in broadband PLT systems","authors":"T. Haq, J. Newbury, K. Morris, F. Robertson, L. Wills, I. Summers","doi":"10.1109/ISPLC.2005.1430502","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISPLC.2005.1430502","url":null,"abstract":"The key considerations for developing and delivering a full international standard for broadband power line communications and other wire-line systems of XDSL and cable modem systems is well overdue. This is due to standards committees throughout the world discussing, determining and evaluating the key conditions responsible for signal propagation along the low voltage distribution cable (LVDN) and considering other parameters and the quality of cables used for this type of communication. This paper gives some insight into the work of the committees the problems they are debating and the way to evaluate cardinal parameters to establish a seamless communication system for wire-line communications systems.","PeriodicalId":153251,"journal":{"name":"International Symposium on Power Line Communications and Its Applications, 2005.","volume":"180 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114418260","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Symbol-by-symbol MAP detection of differential frequency hopping signals for PLC applications","authors":"Rui Zhang, Kaihua Liu","doi":"10.1109/ISPLC.2005.1430475","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISPLC.2005.1430475","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, a symbol-by-symbol maximum a posteriori probability (SBS-MAP) detection of differential frequency hopping (DFH) signals is proposed. Because the frequency sequence of DFH signals can be interpreted as a Markov chain, the algorithm is derived based on a trellis diagram describing the state transitions of a Markov source. The signals are assumed to be transmitted over AWGN channels. Simulation results demonstrate that the SBS-MAP detection outperforms others such as fast Fourier transform (FFT) detection and maximum likelihood sequence estimation (MLSE) detection, which makes it a potentially powerful detection scheme for the design of the receiver of reliable high data rate power line communications (PLC).","PeriodicalId":153251,"journal":{"name":"International Symposium on Power Line Communications and Its Applications, 2005.","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124139495","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Identifying some techno-economic criteria in PLC/BPL applications and commercialization","authors":"P. A. Brown","doi":"10.1109/ISPLC.2005.1430504","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISPLC.2005.1430504","url":null,"abstract":"The development of first-pass simplified business models for power line communication (PLC) systems is necessary in order to provide an early focus on the key technical and financial criteria by which investment and the return on investment (ROI) might be considered. For example, PC based spreadsheet modeling provides a useful mathematical tool for identifying sensitivities in the broadband power line (BPL) business cases by enabling rapid comparisons between electrical distribution network (EDN) technical parameters, BPL equipment specifications, system features and customer expectations. It is important for both developers and investors to understand the technical challenges and business opportunities offered by PLC.","PeriodicalId":153251,"journal":{"name":"International Symposium on Power Line Communications and Its Applications, 2005.","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-04-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133399210","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}