On the efficacy of using ground return in the broadband power-line communications - A transmission-line analysis

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 132-139

  Anatory, Justinian ^a   Theethayi, Nelson ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Branched network; Broadband power line; Channel capacity; Frequency response; Ground impedance; Low voltage (LV) channel; Medium voltage (MV) channel; Multipath; Power line channel; Transfer function

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND NETWORKS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; TELECOMMUNICATION LINES;

GROUND RETURN; POWER-LINE COMMUNICATION; POWER-LINE CONDUCTOR; TRANSMISSION-LINE ANALYSIS;

ELECTRIC LINES;

EID: 37749014965     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2007.910987     Document Type: Article

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