Channel Characterization

Power Line Communications: Theory and Applications for Narrowband and Broadband Communications over Power Lines

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 7-126

  Amirshahi, Pouyan ^a   Cañete, Francisco J ^b   Dostert, Klaus ^c   Galli, Stefano ^d   Katayama, Masaaki ^e   Kavehrad, Mohsen ^f  

^a Shared Spectrum   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^d Panasonic   (United States)

^e NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel characterization; Hardware emulation tools; Power distribution networks; Power line communications (PLC)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONS; HARDWARE; TRANSFER FUNCTIONS;

CHANNEL CHARACTERIZATION; CHANNEL TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; CONTROLLED VOCABULARY TERMS; HARDWARE EMULATION; POWER DISTRIBUTION NETWORK; POWER LINE CHANNELS; POWER LINE COMMUNICATIONS (PLC); REFERENCE CHANNELS;

CARRIER TRANSMISSION ON POWER LINES;

EID: 84886110480     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470661291.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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