Power Line Communications

Lutz Lampe, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of British Columbia, Canada. Dr Lampe received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Erlangen, Germany, in 2002. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2007 and Professor in 2010. His main research interests lie in the areas of communications and information theory applied to wireless and power-line transmission. Dr. Lampe was awarded the prestigious UBC Killam Research Prize in 2008. He is an Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, and an Editor for the International Journal on Electronics and Communications.Andrea Tonello, Professor, Wireless and Power Line Communications Laboratory, Department of Electrical, Mechanical and Management Engineering, Università di Udine, Italy. Dr Tonello received the doctor of enginering degree in electronics and the doctor of research degree in telecommunications from the University of Padova. His research activity focuses on wireless and power line communications with emphasis to PHY and MAC layers. The main research areas include Next generation wireless systems, Next Generation wireless systems, Power Line Communications, and Smart Grids.Theo G. Swart, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Dr Swart received the D. Ing. degree in 2006 from the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Since 2007, he has been employed as a Senior Researcher with the Telecommunications Research Group, University of Johannesburg. His research interests include digital communications, power-line communications, and error-correction coding.

• 1 List of Contributors Preface xvList of Acronyms xviiIntroduction xix1.1 What is a Name? 11.2 Historical Notes 21.3 About the Book 4References 62 Channel Characterization 92.1 Introduction 92.2 Channel Modeling Fundamentals 102.3 Models for Low Voltage (LV) Channels: Outdoor and Indoor Case 312.4 Models for Medium Voltage (MV) Channels 752.5 Models for Outdoor Channels: High Voltage Case 862.6 MIMO Channels 1022.7 Noise and Interference 1222.8 Reference Channel Models and Software 1382.9 Channels in other Scenarios 140References 1653 Electromagnetic Compatibility 1753.1 Introduction 1753.2 Parameters for EMC Considerations 1763.3 Electromagnetic Emission 1823.4 Electromagnetic Susceptibility 1863.5 EMC Coordination 1883.6 EMC Standardization and Regulation in Europe 1943.7 Coupling Between Power Line and other Wireline Communications Systems 2033.8 Final Remarks 217References 2194 Coupling 2214.1 Introduction 2214.2 Coupling Networks 2254.3 LV Coupling 2454.4 HV Coupling 2504.5 MV Coupling 2534.6 Summary 255References 2565 Digital Transmission Techniques 2595.1 Introduction 2595.2 Single Carrier Modulation 2605.3 Multicarrier Modulations 2865.4 Current and Voltage Modulations 3065.5 Ultra-wideband Modulation 3235.6 Impulse Noise Mitigation 3285.7 MIMO Transmission 3415.8 Coding Techniques 356References 3736 Medium Access Control and Layers Above in PLC 3836.1 Introduction 3836.2 MAC Layer Concepts 3846.3 Protocols for Different Power Line Communications Applications and Domains3866.4 Multiple-User Resource Allocation 4046.5 Cooperative Power Line Communications 426References 4427 PLC for Home and Industry Automation 4497.1 Introduction 4497.2 Home and Industry Automation Using PLC 4507.3 Popular Home Automation Protocols 4517.4 Power Line Communication Application for Refrigeration Containers Ships 4557.5 Windowed Frequency Hopping System AMIS CX1-Profile 4627.6 DigitalSTROM@ 4687.7 Conclusion 470References 4718 Multimedia PLC Systems 4738.1 Introduction 4738.2 QoS Requirements for Multimedia Traffic 4738.3 Optimizing PLC for Multimedia 4778.3.1 Overall Design Considerations for Multimedia PLC 4778.4 Standards on Broadband PLC-Networking Technology 4798.5 The IEEE 1901 Broadband over Power Line Standard 4798.6 Performance Evaluation 4948.7 HomePlug AV2 4978.8 ITU-T G.996x (G.hn) 499References 5089 PLC for Smart Grid 5119.1 Introduction 5119.2 Standards 5199.3 Regulation 5369.4 Applications 5459.5 Conclusions 561References 56210 PLC for Vehicles 56710.1 Introduction 56710.2 Advantages of PLC 56710.3 Studies of PLC for Vehicles 56810.4 Challenges for PLC 57310.5 An Experimental Implementation 57810.5.1 Vehicle PLC Testbed 57910.6 Alternative to and Integration of PLC 583References 58511 Conclusions 589