Modeling and performance analysis of automatic meter-reading systems using PLC under impulsive noise interference

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1465-1475

  Sivaneasan, B ^a   Gunawan, E ^a   So, P L ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Automatic meter reading (AMR); impulsive noise interference; network performance analysis

Indexed keywords

ACCESS NETWORK; ANALYTICAL MODEL; ANALYTICAL RESULTS; AUTOMATIC METER READING; CLUSTERING MECHANISM; DATA COLLECTION; DATA RATES; IMPULSIVE NOISE; NETWORK PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; PACKET SIZE; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; POWER LINES; SIMULATION RESULT; THREE-LEVEL; TOPOLOGICAL STRUCTURE;

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; IMPULSE NOISE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODELS; NETWORK PERFORMANCE; PUBLIC UTILITIES;

WATER METERS;

EID: 77954035441     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2010.2041257     Document Type: Article

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