Emulation of Narrowband Powerline Data Transmission Channels and Evaluation of PLC Systems

• Main Author: Liu, Wenqing (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: KIT Scientific Publishing 2013
• Series: Forschungsberichte aus der Industriellen Informationstechnik / Institut für Industrielle Informationstechnik (IIIT), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
• Subjects: Technology: general issues; transfer function; channel emulator; channel modeling; powerline communications; physical layer performance
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This work proposes advanced emulation of the physical layer behavior of NB-PLC channels and the application of a channel emulator for the evaluation of NB-PLC systems. In addition, test procedures and reference channels are proposed to improve efficiency and accuracy in the system evaluation and cla...