Paper Info
Title
Channel frequency response for a low voltage indoor cable up to 1GHz
Abstract
The Channel Frequency Response (CFR) is essential in the understanding and specification of Power Line Communications (PLC) equipment. In this paper a 10m indoor low voltage Flat Twin and Earth power cable is characterized up to 1GHz. This is higher in frequency than existing PLC specifications. This is done because the effect of frequencies in the upper VHF and lower UHF bands on PLC is largely unknown. Measurements and simulation are used to show that at higher frequencies, the traditional transmission line models of wave propagation on a power line are no longer valid. Classic attenuation models do not predict the correct CFR above typically 250MHz for a 10m cable. This effect is explained in terms of electromagnetic radiation from the cable. After 500MHz it is speculated that the line becomes a waveguide. These transmission modes have important implications for UHF PLC, either directly (connected cable) or when used in contactless mode where the power line is used as antenna.
Year
DOI
Venue
2018
10.1109/ISPLC.2018.8360202
2018 IEEE International Symposium on Power Line Communications and its Applications (ISPLC)
Keywords
Field
DocType
PLC,Power Line Communications,Channel Frequency Response,CFR,Low Voltage Cable,Contactless PLC
Wave propagation,Transmission line,Power cable,Waveguide,Electronic engineering,Low voltage,Engineering,Acoustics,Attenuation,Electromagnetic radiation,Ultra high frequency
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-5386-1914-8
0
0.34
References 
Authors
3
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
de Beer, A.S.134.43
A. Sheri211.11
Hendrik C. Ferreira319543.56
a j han vinck441958.77