Broadband transmission characteristics of overhead high-voltage power line communication channels

Lazaropoulos, AG

dc.contributor.author	Lazaropoulos, AG	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T02:01:46Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T02:01:46Z
dc.date.issued	2011	en
dc.identifier.issn	19376472	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/29250
dc.subject.other	Broadband signal	en
dc.subject.other	Broadband transmission	en
dc.subject.other	Channel characteristics	en
dc.subject.other	Coupling scheme	en
dc.subject.other	High-voltage power line	en
dc.subject.other	High-voltages	en
dc.subject.other	HV grids	en
dc.subject.other	Low loss	en
dc.subject.other	Low-voltage	en
dc.subject.other	Medium voltage	en
dc.subject.other	Multiconductor transmission lines	en
dc.subject.other	Phase response	en
dc.subject.other	Power grids	en
dc.subject.other	Power lines	en
dc.subject.other	Scattering matrices	en
dc.subject.other	Signal attenuation	en
dc.subject.other	Signal propagation	en
dc.subject.other	Smart grid	en
dc.subject.other	Spectral behaviors	en
dc.subject.other	T-matrix	en
dc.subject.other	Transmission channels	en
dc.subject.other	Electric lines	en
dc.subject.other	Linearization	en
dc.subject.other	Scattering parameters	en
dc.subject.other	Signal processing	en
dc.subject.other	Smart power grids	en
dc.subject.other	Telecommunication systems	en
dc.subject.other	Wave transmission	en
dc.title	Broadband transmission characteristics of overhead high-voltage power line communication channels	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.2528/PIERB11091408	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.2528/PIERB11091408	en
heal.publicationDate	2011	en
heal.abstract	This paper considers broadband signal transmission via high-voltage/broadband over power lines (HV/BPL) channels associated with overhead power transmission. To determine the end-to-end channel characteristics of various overhead HV/BPL multiconductor transmission line (MTL) configurations, the chain scattering matrix or T-Matrix (TM) method is adopted. The overhead HV/BPL transmission channel is investigated with regard to its spectral behavior, its end-to-end signal attenuation, and phase response. It is found that the above features depend critically on the frequency, the coupling scheme applied, the physical properties of the cables used, the MTL configuration, and the type of branches existing along the end-to-end BPL signal propagation. Unlike the older models that underestimate the broadband transmission potential of overhead HV lines significantly, the results demonstrate that the overhead HV grid is a potentially excellent communications medium, offering low loss characteristics over a 100 km repeater span well beyond 100 MHz and guarantees the imminent coexistence of low-voltage (LV), medium-voltage (MV), and HV BPL systems towards a unified transmission/distribution smart grid (SG) power grid.	en
heal.journalName	Progress In Electromagnetics Research B	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.2528/PIERB11091408	en
dc.identifier.issue	36	en
dc.identifier.spage	373	en
dc.identifier.epage	398	en