PLC channel: Impulsive noise modelling and its performance evaluation under different array coding schemes

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 585-595

  Andreadou, Nikoleta ^a   Pavlidou, Fotini Niovi ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Generalized array codes (GACs); Impulsive noise; Power line communications (PLC); Row column codes (RAC codes)

Indexed keywords

BIT-ERROR RATES; CHANNEL CONDITIONS; CODE RATES; CODING SCHEMES; GENERALIZED ARRAY CODES (GACS); HYBRID CODING; IMPULSIVE NOISE; ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY-DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS; POWER-LINE COMMUNICATIONS (PLC); ROW COLUMN CODES (RAC CODES); TIME-VARYING CHANNELS; TRANSMISSION TECHNIQUES;

BIT ERROR RATE; CONVOLUTIONAL CODES; IMPULSE NOISE;

GRANULAR MATERIALS;

EID: 67349148555     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2008.2002958     Document Type: Article

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