{"title":"Planning Approach Towards Optimal Performance and Cost of G.hn Broadband PLC Access Networks","authors":"G. Hallak, Marcel Berners, A. Mengi","doi":"10.1109/ISPLC48789.2020.9115399","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISPLC48789.2020.9115399","url":null,"abstract":"Broadband Power Line Communications (BPL) is going to be widely used for German smart grid applications, besides smart metering. Load management, E-mobility, and smart services can be realized using BPL, due to its high data rate and low latency. In this paper, a planning approach of G.hn BPL access networks is presented. The planning task consists of finding the optimal placement of BPL infrastructure to achieve the maximum performance, and minimal possible costs. The planning approach is sub-divided into three parts, which are the calculation of the channel attenuation, the estimation of the achievable data rate, and the routing algorithm for placement optimization. The calculation of the channel attenuation is realized by considering losses due to cables length, coupling, and energy distribution. Furthermore, performance measurements between two G.hn modems are performed in the lab to show the relation between data rate and attenuation. Finally, Dijkstra's algorithm is selected as a routing mechanism for optimal placement of BPL access devices.","PeriodicalId":403692,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Symposium on Power Line Communications and its Applications (ISPLC)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133794478","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}
Thomas F. Landinger, Guenter Schwarzberger, Matthias Rose, Stefan Dollhaeubl, G. Hofer, A. P. Talei, A. Jossen
{"title":"Power Line Communications in Automotive Traction Batteries: A Proof of Concept","authors":"Thomas F. Landinger, Guenter Schwarzberger, Matthias Rose, Stefan Dollhaeubl, G. Hofer, A. P. Talei, A. Jossen","doi":"10.1109/ISPLC48789.2020.9115412","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISPLC48789.2020.9115412","url":null,"abstract":"Power line communication (PLC) in automotive traction batteries is considered an attractive alternative to the serial-bus communication used in state-of-the-art battery management systems (BMS). PLC uses the battery power line as communication medium and saves additional wires, connectors and isolation effort. In this work, we present a proof of concept for a battery PLC in a small-scale battery pack. From a hardware approach, we develop a PLC modem, which modulates UART data using on-off-keying (OOK) and couples it onto the battery power line. To test the PLC, we design a demonstrator consisting of two PLC modems connected to a small-scale battery pack. The PLC is verified by a master-to-slave communication with an exemplary data transmission of multiples of 12 byte data packets.","PeriodicalId":403692,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Symposium on Power Line Communications and its Applications (ISPLC)","volume":"206 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115493349","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":"Index","authors":"","doi":"10.1109/isplc48789.2020.9115405","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/isplc48789.2020.9115405","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":403692,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Symposium on Power Line Communications and its Applications (ISPLC)","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127224189","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}
Yinjia Huo, G. Prasad, L. Lampe, Victor C. M. Leung
{"title":"Advanced Smart Grid Monitoring: Intelligent Cable Diagnostics using Neural Networks","authors":"Yinjia Huo, G. Prasad, L. Lampe, Victor C. M. Leung","doi":"10.1109/ISPLC48789.2020.9115403","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISPLC48789.2020.9115403","url":null,"abstract":"Monitoring and control of network constituents are integral aspects of the smart grid. In this paper, we present a technique for monitoring one such network asset, the underground power cables, which are prone to degradation and damages, resulting in possible power outages. We propose an intelligent cable diagnostics solution using neural networks to determine the health of power cables to predict and prevent eventual faults. To this end, we reuse the communication channel state information inherently estimated by power line modems that are envisioned to enable smart grid communications. We advance the state-of-the-art machine learning based cable health monitoring techniques to present an automated diagnostics procedure using neural networks, which eliminates the need to manually extract features during operation. We demonstrate the architecture of our designed feed-forward neural network, the procedures involved in training, validating, and testing data, and the algorithms we use to train our machines. We evaluate our solution for medium voltage distribution network settings and show through simulation results that our method provides accurate diagnosis in detecting, locating, and assessing cable degradations.","PeriodicalId":403692,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Symposium on Power Line Communications and its Applications (ISPLC)","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130674872","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}
Philipp Lutat, M. Kurth, Benedikt Klaer, M. Peikenkamp, Matthias Lorenz, T. Pletzer, A. Staubach, H. Hirsch, G. Hallak
{"title":"Noise Emission Investigations of Power Electronic Devices as Input Data for Planning of BPL Access Networks","authors":"Philipp Lutat, M. Kurth, Benedikt Klaer, M. Peikenkamp, Matthias Lorenz, T. Pletzer, A. Staubach, H. Hirsch, G. Hallak","doi":"10.1109/ISPLC48789.2020.9115396","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISPLC48789.2020.9115396","url":null,"abstract":"Powerline Communication (PLC) is a central technology for the realization of smart metering and smart grid applications. A large-scale PLC-rollout requires a planning process based on the grid's topology and characteristics. Therefore, we implement a PLC optimization tool with physical parameters as input data using PLC performance influencing factors from field tests and laboratory investigations. First investigations focus on power electronic devices. The paper presents two methodical approaches of measuring a converter's broadband noise emission. For short measurement durations, we suggest using a frequency sweep and for time domain analysis a Zero Span measurement. The usage of the Root Mean Square detector allows the comparison to a frequency channel's signal power. Finally, we depict example measurements for both approaches.","PeriodicalId":403692,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Symposium on Power Line Communications and its Applications (ISPLC)","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132699227","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":"Supervised Fault Detection in Energy Grids Measuring Electrical Quantities in the PLC Band","authors":"N. A. Letizia, A. Tonello","doi":"10.1109/ISPLC48789.2020.9115408","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISPLC48789.2020.9115408","url":null,"abstract":"Power line modems (PLMs) act as communication devices inside a power line network (PLN). However, they can be exploited also as active sensors to monitor the status of the electric power distribution grid. Indeed, power line communication (PLC) signals carry information about the topological structure of the network, internal electrical phenomena, the surrounding environment and possible anomalies in the grid. An accurate and efficient identification of the types of anomaly through direct sensing measurements can enable grid operators to both prevent malfunctions and effectively intervene when faults occur. In this paper, we present how to use supervised machine learning (ML) techniques to extract anomalies information from high frequency measurement of electrical quantities, namely the line impedance, the reflection coefficient and the channel transfer function, in the PLC signal band. Simulation results confirm the potentiality of the neural network method, outperforming existing model-based approaches in the field without any hyperparameter tuning.","PeriodicalId":403692,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Symposium on Power Line Communications and its Applications (ISPLC)","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127441208","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":"Belief Condensation Filtering for Voltage-Based State Estimation in Smart Grids","authors":"Shervin Mehryar, M. Win","doi":"10.1109/ISPLC48789.2020.9115387","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISPLC48789.2020.9115387","url":null,"abstract":"Today's power generation and distribution networks are quickly moving toward automated control and integration of renewable resources - a complex, integrated system termed the Smart Grid. A key component in planning and managing of Smart Grids is State Estimation (SE). The state-of-the art SE technologies today operate on the basis of slow varying dynamics of the current network and make simplifying linearity assumptions. However, the integration of smart readers and green resources will result in significant non-linearity and unpredictability in the network. Therefore in future Smart Grids, there is need for ever more accurate and real-time algorithms. In this work, we propose and examine a new SE method named the Belief Condensation Filter (BCF) that aims to achieve these measures by approximating the true distribution of the state variables, rather than a linearized version as done for instance in Kalman filtering. Through simulations we show that in the presence of non-linearities, our general SE framework improves accuracy where linear and Kalman-like filters exhibit impaired performance.","PeriodicalId":403692,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Symposium on Power Line Communications and its Applications (ISPLC)","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129652031","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":"Sampling Frequency Error Estimators for PRIME v1.4 systems","authors":"Javier Gimenez, J. A. Cortés, A. Sanz, L. D. Río","doi":"10.1109/ISPLC48789.2020.9115395","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISPLC48789.2020.9115395","url":null,"abstract":"The performance of PRIME v1.4 systems might be severely degraded by a sampling frequency offset (SFO). This work addresses the problem of the SFO estimation by means of the pilots transmitted in the header and payload symbols. Estimators based on the best linear unbiased estimation principle are proposed and the frame error rate (FER) achieved with them is assessed both in an additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) channel and in a set of 174 links obtained from measurements. Results indicate that the estimator based on the header symbols suffices to achieve almost the same performance of the no SFO case. Gains are shown to be particularly important when only the highest PRIME channel is employed and uncoded DQPSK and D8PSK are used.","PeriodicalId":403692,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Symposium on Power Line Communications and its Applications (ISPLC)","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116450752","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}
Waled Gheth, Khaled Maaiuf Rabie, B. Adebisi, M. Ijaz, Georgina Harris
{"title":"Channel Modeling for Overhead Line Equipment for Train Communication","authors":"Waled Gheth, Khaled Maaiuf Rabie, B. Adebisi, M. Ijaz, Georgina Harris","doi":"10.1109/ISPLC48789.2020.9115413","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISPLC48789.2020.9115413","url":null,"abstract":"The demand for high-speed data access to railway infrastructure and internet broadband data in railway is increasing due to the high density of the trains and passengers. Currently, communication access in trains is based on radio frequency (RF) wireless access networks that are slow and insufficient for the demands of the high-speed railway (HSR) and its customers. However, performance, service attributes, frequency band, and industrial support should be considered for the selection of a suitable communication system that can fulfill the requirements of HSR operation. This paper investigates overhead line equipment (OLE) as access network connecting trains to the backbone communication networks. The ABCD transmission model is used to represent the transfer function of the OLE channel. It was shown that transmission over OLE is affected by the frequency and link distance. The simulation results also show that the channel gain of the OLE channel attenuated faster at higher speeds compared to train movement at lower speeds.","PeriodicalId":403692,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Symposium on Power Line Communications and its Applications (ISPLC)","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128345081","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}
N. Uribe-Pérez, I. Arechalde, Marta Castro, A. Sendin, Iker Urrutia, J. S. Gomez
{"title":"Methodology and Power Spectral Density Limits Proposal for Non Intentional Emissions in frequencies below 150 kHz","authors":"N. Uribe-Pérez, I. Arechalde, Marta Castro, A. Sendin, Iker Urrutia, J. S. Gomez","doi":"10.1109/ISPLC48789.2020.9115401","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ISPLC48789.2020.9115401","url":null,"abstract":"IEC 61000-2-2 has been evolving to establish compatibility levels for low frequency conducted disturbances and signaling in public low voltage (LV) power supply systems in the frequency range 2 kHz to 150 kHz. One of the objectives of these compatibility levels is to guarantee coexistence of NB-PLC (Narrowband Powerline Communications) technologies, a widely extended solution among utilities for several LV applications such as smart metering, with the presence of Non-Intentional Emissions (NIE) injected in the distribution grid by electrical and electronic devices. However, as it has been demonstrated in several researches, the aforementioned compatibility levels are not sufficient to guarantee a good performance, and new generation NB-PLC technologies (as any other telecommunication technology or system) are impaired when such levels are encountered in the grid. The main reason is that the limits set in Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) standards are based on quasi-peak values measured over 200 Hz bands and not on total power injected over the operating frequency range, which actually is the parameter impacting NB-PLC technologies performance. This paper presents the results of a group of tests that demonstrate this limitation, and proposes a complementary limit in terms of unintentional total power injected (Power Spectral Density or PSD) to complement the existing limit definition. The spectral power density of NIE should be limited in EMC standards to ensure a correct coexistence of NIE sources and NB-PLC technologies.","PeriodicalId":403692,"journal":{"name":"2020 IEEE International Symposium on Power Line Communications and its Applications (ISPLC)","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130037372","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}