Investigation of Deterministic, Statistical and Parametric NB-PLC Channel Modeling Techniques for Advanced Metering Infrastructure

Bilal Masood, M. Arif Khan, Sobia Baig, Guobing Song, Ateeq Ur Rehman, Saif Ur Rehman, Rao M. Asif and Muhammad Babar Rasheed
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Bilal Masood: School of Electrical Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
M. Arif Khan: School of Computing and Mathematics, Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, NSW 2678, Australia
Sobia Baig: Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, COMSATS University Isb- Lahore Campus, Punjab 54000, Pakistan
Guobing Song: School of Electrical Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 710049, China
Ateeq Ur Rehman: College of Internet of Things Engineering, Hohai University, Changzhou 213022, China
Saif Ur Rehman: Department of Electrical Engineering, The Superior College, Lahore 54000, Pakistan
Rao M. Asif: Department of Electrical Engineering, The Superior College, Lahore 54000, Pakistan
Muhammad Babar Rasheed: Department of Electronics and Electrical Systems, The University of Lahore, Lahore, Punjab 54000, Pakistan

Energies, 2020, vol. 13, issue 12, 1-20

Abstract: This paper is focused on the channel modeling techniques for implementation of narrowband power line communication (NB-PLC) over medium voltage (MV) network for the purpose of advanced metering infrastructure (AMI). Three different types of models, based on deterministic method, statistical method, and network parameters based method are investigated in detail. Transmission line (TL) theory model is used to express the MV network as a two-port network to examine characteristics of sending and receiving NB-PLC signals. Multipath signal propagation model is used to incorporate the effect of multipath signals to determine the NB-PLC transfer function. A Simulink model is proposed which considers the values of MV network to examine the characteristics of NB-PLC signals. Frequency selectivity is also introduced in the impedances to compare variations and characteristics with constant impedances based MV network. A state-of-the-art mechanism for the modeling of capacitive coupling device, and impedances of low voltage (LV) and MV networks is developed. Moreover, a comparative analysis of TL theory and multipath signal propagation models with the proposed Simulink model is presented to validate the performance and accuracy of proposed model. This research work will pave the way to improve the efficiency of next-generation NB-PLC technologies.

Keywords: AMI; TL; SG; NB-PLC (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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