Channel Characterization and SC-FDM Modulation for PLC in High-Voltage Power Lines

Jose Alberto Del Puerto-Flores, José Luis Naredo, Fernando Peña-Campos, Carolina Del-Valle-Soto, Leonardo J. Valdivia and Ramón Parra-Michel
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Jose Alberto Del Puerto-Flores: Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Panamericana, Álvaro del Portillo 49, Zapopan 45010, Jalisco, Mexico
José Luis Naredo: Department of Electrical Engineering, Communications Section, CINVESTAV-IPN, Guadalajara 45019, Jalisco, Mexico
Fernando Peña-Campos: Department of Electrical Engineering, Communications Section, CINVESTAV-IPN, Guadalajara 45019, Jalisco, Mexico
Carolina Del-Valle-Soto: Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Panamericana, Álvaro del Portillo 49, Zapopan 45010, Jalisco, Mexico
Leonardo J. Valdivia: Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad Panamericana, Álvaro del Portillo 49, Zapopan 45010, Jalisco, Mexico
Ramón Parra-Michel: Department of Electrical Engineering, Communications Section, CINVESTAV-IPN, Guadalajara 45019, Jalisco, Mexico

Future Internet, 2022, vol. 14, issue 5, 1-17

Abstract: Digital communication over power lines is an active field of research and most studies in this field focus on low-voltage (LV) and medium-voltage (MV) power systems. Nevertheless, as power companies are starting to provide communication services and as smart-grid technologies are being incorporated into power networks, high-voltage (HV) power-line communication has become attractive. The main constraint of conventional HV power-line carrier (PLC) systems is their unfeasibility for being migrated to wideband channels, even with a high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). In this scenario, none of the current linear/non-linear equalizers used in single carrier schemes achieve the complete compensation of the highly dispersive conditions, which limits their operation to 4 kHz channels. In this paper, a new PLC-channel model is introduced for transmission lines incorporating the effects of the coupling equipment. In addition, the use of the single-carrier frequency-division modulation (SC-FDM) is proposed as a solution to operate PLC systems in a wide bandwidth, achieving transmission speeds above those of the conventional PLC system. The results presented in this paper demonstrate the superior performance of the SC-FDM-PLC over conventional PLC systems, obtaining a higher transmission capacity in 10 to 30 times.

Keywords: corona noise; high-voltage power lines; modal analysis; multiconductor lines; OFDM; power line communications; PLC system; PLC channel; SC-FDM (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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