Channel characterization for indoor power-line networks

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1883-1888

  Anatory, Justinian ^a   Theethayi, Nelson ^b   Thottappillil, Rajeev ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DODOMA   (Tanzania)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Branched network; Communication channel model; Multipath; Power line communication; Transfer function

Indexed keywords

BRANCHED NETWORK; BROADBAND SERVICE; CHANNEL CHARACTERIZATION; COHERENCE BANDWIDTH; COMMUNICATION CHANNEL MODEL; DATA RATES; DELAY SPREAD; DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT; IEEE 802.11S; INTERNET SERVICES; MULTIPATH; POWER-LINE COMMUNICATION; POWERLINE NETWORKS; VOICE OVER INTERNET PROTOCOL;

ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; BANDWIDTH; CHANNEL CAPACITY; CIVIL AVIATION; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); FREQUENCY BANDS; FREQUENCY MODULATION; INTERNET; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; POLYMER BLENDS; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; STANDARDS; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; VOICE/DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

EID: 70350270031     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2009.2021044     Document Type: Article

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