Power line S-parameter characterization using open-source tools

IEEE ISPLC 2010 - International Symposium on Power Line Communications and its Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 62-66

  Black, William C ^a  

^a Northern Microdesign Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

GNU radio; Load sensing; Network analyzer; Open source; Power line characterization; Power line communication; S parameter; VNA

Indexed keywords

GNU RADIO; LOAD SENSING; OPEN SOURCE; OPEN SOURCES; POWER LINE COMMUNICATIONS; POWER LINES; S PARAMETERS;

COMMUNICATION; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYZERS; ELECTRIC POWER MEASUREMENT; OPEN SYSTEMS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SCATTERING PARAMETERS;

TELECOMMUNICATION LINES;

EID: 77954389669     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISPLC.2010.5479925     Document Type: Conference Paper

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