TITLE:
Modeling Transfer Function of Electrical Power Lines for Broadband Power Line Communication
AUTHORS:
Saad D. Bennani
KEYWORDS:
Power Line Communications; Transmission Line Theory; Magnitude Response and Branched Line
JOURNAL NAME:
International Journal of Communications, Network and System Sciences,
Vol.5 No.1,
December
31,
2011
ABSTRACT: The indoor access network is characterized by several branches that cause many reflections. In this paper, we present an approach to model the transfer function of electrical power lines for broadband power line communication. The assuming channel consists of three wires, which is widely used in many countries. As an application of the proposed method, the effect of line length from transmitter to receiver, branched line length and number of branched are also studied. From the frequency response of the transfer function (magnitude and phase), it is seen that the position of notches and peaks in the magnitude responses are largely affected in terms of attenuation by the electrical network which consists of 15 branches.