Investigation of Narrow-Band Power-Line Carrier Communication System Performance in Rural Distribution Grids

Authors

  • Dzemo Borovina
  • Aljo Mujcic
  • Matej Zajc
  • Nermin Suljanovic

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5755/j01.eie.24.1.20149

Keywords:

Power-line carrier, Communication system performance, Measurement, Smart metering.

Abstract

This paper investigates error performance of the narrow-band (NB) power-line carrier (PLC) communication system from a distribution system operator (DSO) perspective, with measurement data collected in the rural 400 V distribution grid. The performance evaluation is founded on the three aspects: attenuation of the NB PLC channel, frequency of the signal to noise ratio (SNR) class occurrence detected in a receiver and bit error rate (BER) analysis. The true BER is estimated from the limited amount of collected data using error model based on Neyman type A contagious distribution, appropriate for communication channels with impulsive noise. Results confirmed that PRIME-based NB PLC deployments for smart metering applications are adequate in rural distribution grids, even in cases with high attenuation and articulated frequency variations in a PLC channel.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.eie.24.1.20149

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Published

2018-02-12

How to Cite

Borovina, D., Mujcic, A., Zajc, M., & Suljanovic, N. (2018). Investigation of Narrow-Band Power-Line Carrier Communication System Performance in Rural Distribution Grids. Elektronika Ir Elektrotechnika, 24(1), 61-67. https://doi.org/10.5755/j01.eie.24.1.20149

Issue

Vol. 24 No. 1 (2018)

Section

TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING

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