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자동 원격검침을 위한 전력선 통신 시스템에서의 등화 기법 연구

Performance of Equalizer Schemes in Power Line Communication Systems for Automatic Metering Reading

  • 투고 : 2010.08.17
  • 심사 : 2011.02.11
  • 발행 : 2011.02.28

초록

본 논문에서는 자동 원격검침을 위한 전력선 통신에서의 등화기 기법인 zero-forcing (ZF)와 minimum mean square error (MMSE) 기법을 제안하고 분석하였다. 전력선 통신을 이용한 효율적인 AMR 시스템 구현을 위해서 임펄스 노이즈와 다중경로 채널의 영향들은 완화되어야 한다. 이러한 영향들을 극복하기 위해, 앞서 말한 등화기 기법들을 사용하였다. 시스템 성능은 비트오류율 (BER)에 의해서 평가되어진다. 모의실험 결과로부터 등화기가 전력선 통신 시스템의 BER 성능을 현저하게 향상시키고 MMSE가 ZF보다 더 나은 성능을 제공함을 확인하였다. 본 논문의 실험 결과는 AMR 시스템뿐만 아니라, 다양한 스마트 그리드 서비스에도 적용될 수 있다.

In this paper, we propose and analyze the equalizer schemes, zero-forcing (ZF) and minimum mean square error (MMSE) in power line communication (PLC) system for automatic meter reading (AMR). For efficient implementation of AMR system with PLC, effects of impulsive noise and multipath channel should be mitigated. To overcome these effects, the above equalizer schemes are employed. System performance is evaluated in term of bit error rate. From simulation results, it is confirmed that the equalizer can significantly improve bit error rate (BER) performance in PLC system, and MMSE equalizer provides better performance than ZF scheme. The results of this paper can be applied to AMR system as well as various smart grid services using PLC.

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