The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers D (대한전기학회논문지:시스템및제어부문D)

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A Systematic Method of Probing Channel Characteristics of Home Power Line Communication Network for IP Based Control of Home Appliances

IP기반 가전 제어를 위한 전력선 통신망 채널 특성 추정기법에 관한 연구

  • 안남호 (LG전자(주)) ;
  • 김정근 (중앙대학교 전자전기공학부) ;
  • 이재식 (중앙대학교 전자전기공학부) ;
  • 장태규 (중앙대학교 전자전기공학부) ;
  • 김훈 (삼성전자(주))
  • Published : 2003.12.01
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Abstract

This paper presents a systematic method of probing channel characteristics and communication reliabilities of home power line communication network applied to the Internet accessed control of home appliances. The effects of the three performance deterioating factors, i.e., additive noise, channel attenuation, and intersymbol interference, can be systematically measured by applying the channel probing waveform in the frequency range from 100KHz to 450KHz. Probability of bit error is derived with the probed channel parameters of the signal attenuation, noise and signal-to-interference ratio read in the frequency domain. The agreement between the derived probability of bit error and the measured probability of bit error supports the validity of the proposed approach of probing home power line channel characteristics. The experimental results performed with the constructed test-bed applying the proposed channel probing method also support the feasibility of commercially deploying the PLC modem installed home appliances and their services for the Internet accessed home automation.

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