Fig. 1. NB-PLC system model
Fig. 2. Selected sites for field measurements
Fig. 3. Transceiver (TMDSPLCKIT-V3) specifications
Fig. 4. Field measurement setup
Fig. 5. GUI of transceiver
Fig. 6. Proposed Simulink Model
Fig. 7. Line impedance of phase A for worst, bad, good andbest channel cases
Fig. 8. Schematic of LV phase to ground capacitivecoupling device
Fig. 9. Measured and simulated Frequency response ofcapacitive coupling device
Fig. 10. Simulation of field measurement results for allsites versus line length
Fig. 11. Worst case of NB-PLC channels with comparisonof Average and Simulated transfer functions
Fig. 12. Bad case of NB-PLC channels with comparison ofAverage and Simulated transfer functions
Fig. 13. Good case of NB-PLC channels with comparisonof Average and Simulated transfer functions
Fig. 14. Best case of NB-PLC channels with comparison ofAverage and Simulated transfer functions
Table 1. Comparison of existing NB-PLC studies
Table 2. Attributes of selected sites
Table 3. Experimental results of sites obtained in the field measurements
Table 4. Electrical parameters of conductors
Table 5. Active power (W) and reactive power (VAR) ratios of each RLC load connected to LV network
Table 6. Model parameters of capacitive coupling device
Table 7. Average, measured and simulated Transfer Functions of worst, bad, good and best channel cases
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