Dealing with unknown impedance and impulsive noise in the power-line communications channel

IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 58-66

  Lopes, Paulo A C ^a   Pinto, João M M ^a   Gerald, José B ^a  

^a INESC ID   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Adaptive impedance; adaptive modulation; bit loading; characteristic impedance; electromagnetic compatibility (EMC); impulsive noise; MODEM; non Gaussian noise; orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM); power line communications (PLCs)

Indexed keywords

BIT LOADING; CHARACTERISTIC IMPEDANCE; DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS; HIGH NOISE; INPUT CURRENT; INPUT IMPEDANCE; LEGISLATION CHANGES; NOISE REDUCTION TECHNIQUE; NON-GAUSSIAN NOISE; PLC MODEM; POSITION DETECTION; POWER LINE COMMUNICATIONS (PLC); RECEIVER CIRCUITS; SHORT NOISE; SMART GRID; STANDING WAVE;

ADAPTIVE MODULATION; DIGITAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY; MODEMS; ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

IMPULSE NOISE;

EID: 84871770327     PISSN: 08858977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPWRD.2012.2214065     Document Type: Article

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