TY - JOUR
T1 - Performance evaluation of a narrowband power line communication for smart grid with noise reduction technique
AU - Korki, Mehdi
AU - Hosseinzadeh, Nasser
AU - Moazzeni, Taleb
PY - 2011/11
Y1 - 2011/11
N2 - Performance of the narrowband power line communication (PLC) is significantly degraded by the impulsive noise with very large amplitudes and short durations. In practical applications, the simple memoryless nonlinearity techniques (Clipping, Blanking, and Clipping/Blanking) are often used in order to mitigate the effect of the impulsive noise. In this paper, we propose an optimal Clipping/Blanking technique for impulsive noise reduction in narrowband (9-490 kHz) PLC system. This optimal technique is based on the minimum bit error rate (BER) search. To this end, we have derived the transfer function of a typical low voltage (LV) PLC network using the common bottom-up approach and scattering matrix method. Our simulation results, in terms of BER versus signal to noise ratio (SNR), show that the proposed technique slightly improves the BER performance of the narrowband PLC system for smart grid applications and two-way communication between smart meters and utilities 1.
AB - Performance of the narrowband power line communication (PLC) is significantly degraded by the impulsive noise with very large amplitudes and short durations. In practical applications, the simple memoryless nonlinearity techniques (Clipping, Blanking, and Clipping/Blanking) are often used in order to mitigate the effect of the impulsive noise. In this paper, we propose an optimal Clipping/Blanking technique for impulsive noise reduction in narrowband (9-490 kHz) PLC system. This optimal technique is based on the minimum bit error rate (BER) search. To this end, we have derived the transfer function of a typical low voltage (LV) PLC network using the common bottom-up approach and scattering matrix method. Our simulation results, in terms of BER versus signal to noise ratio (SNR), show that the proposed technique slightly improves the BER performance of the narrowband PLC system for smart grid applications and two-way communication between smart meters and utilities 1.
KW - Clipping/Blanking
KW - Power line communication
KW - noise reduction technique
KW - smart grid
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U2 - 10.1109/TCE.2011.6131131
DO - 10.1109/TCE.2011.6131131
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84856253136
SN - 0098-3063
VL - 57
SP - 1598
EP - 1606
JO - IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics
JF - IEEE Transactions on Consumer Electronics
IS - 4
M1 - 6131131
ER -