Relay-aided amplify-and-forward powerline communications

IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 265-272

  Cheng, Xilin ^a   Cao, Rui ^b   Yang, Liuqing ^a  

^a Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^b AGERE SYSTEMS   (United States)

Author keywords

Amplify and forward relaying; channel capacity; powerline communications; signal attenuation model; transmission line model

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFY-AND-FORWARD RELAYING; FREQUENCY-SELECTIVE; OPTIMAL POWER ALLOCATION; POWER LINE COMMUNICATIONS (PLC); SIGNAL ATTENUATION MODELS; SIGNAL FREQUENCY BANDS; SMART GRID APPLICATIONS; TRANSMISSION LINE MODELS;

CHANNEL CAPACITY; FREQUENCY BANDS; INFORMATION THEORY; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 84875053184     PISSN: 19493053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSG.2012.2225645     Document Type: Article

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