Development of a test bed for high-speed power line communications

C. K. Lim, P. L. So, E. Gunawan, S. Chen, T. T. Lie, Y. L. Guan

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Abstract

This paper presents the development of a power line test bed which provides a platform to simulate the 230V power line environment in a controlled and reproducible manner. The target is to communicate data reliably over power lines at speeds of at least 1 Mbits/s with frequency ranging from 1MHz to 10MHz. This test bed is integrated with a power line communication channel, power line couplers, loads and impairment devices for worst case environment simulation. A method for coupling the high-frequency signal onto and from the power line is discussed. The design of digital filters for transceivers using advanced digital signal processing techniques is presented. The digital filters are used to amplify, condition and recover the high-frequency signals which have been attenuated and corrupted by noise at the channel.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPowerCon 2000 - 2000 International Conference on Power System Technology, Proceedings
EditorsKit Po Wong, Bob Stewart, Xiaoxin Zhou, Qi Su
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages451-456
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)0780363388, 9780780363380
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2000
Externally publishedYes
EventInternational Conference on Power System Technology, PowerCon 2000 - Perth, Australia
Duration: Dec 4 2000Dec 7 2000

Publication series

NamePowerCon 2000 - 2000 International Conference on Power System Technology, Proceedings
Volume1

Conference

ConferenceInternational Conference on Power System Technology, PowerCon 2000
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CityPerth
Period12/4/0012/7/00

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2000 IEEE.

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Energy Engineering and Power Technology
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Keywords

  • Coupling circuits
  • Digital filters
  • Impairment devices
  • Power line platform
  • Transceivers

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