About the Book
The advancement in information and communication technologies (ICT) has made it possible that broadband services can be used to bridge urban-rural areas efficiently and economically, using a readily available and largely distributed power-line infrastructure. Power-line networks can be used for multi-service data transmission, such as low speed data which includes office and home automation, energy information systems, transportation systems, etc. and broadband services such as 'Last Mile' and 'Last Meter' high-speed internet access, voice over Internet Protocol (IP), etc. Other applications include high-speed data communication for indoor applications such as digital entertainment systems. High capacity links in transmission systems could eliminate the need for fiber optic cables in telecommunication networks. Advancements in this field led to the evolution of the subject Broadband Power-line Communication (BPLC), which is essentially a blend of the other well known subjects, namely: classical transmission line (TL) theory, communication and networking theories.Based on these, this book covers both the theoretical and practical aspects of BPLC technology intended for graduate studies and industries dealing with PLC system design and power-line network planning/segmentation.
The topics include classification of BPLC systems, models for analyses based on TL theory, estimation of channel capacity and performance and finally application of modulation, and coding techniques for boosting the performance of BPLC systems. For the convenience of the reader a couple of chapters are dedicated to the fundamental aspects of TL, communication and networking theories which act as warm up for other chapters.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1- Power-line communications Introduction; Topology and components used PLC systems; Standardization and research group activities Chapter 2 - Transmission line theory Introduction; Transverse electromagnetic waves; Transmission line equations; Solution of transmission line equations based on modal analysis based on [1] and [2] Chapter 3 - Power-line channel models Introduction; Philipps model; Zimmermann and Dostert model; Anatory et al. model; Power-line network with one interconnection; Power line with one branch at a node; Power line with branches distributed at a node; Power-line network with distributed branches; Anatory et al. channel model based on generalized TL theory (generalized TL theory model); Power-line network with one branch; Branches concentrated at one node; Distributed branches along the line section; The validity of Zimmermann and Dostert and its improvements; Comparison between different channel models - case studies; Case 1: power-line network with one branch; Case 2: power-line network with two branches at the same node; Case 3: power-line network with two distributed branches along the line between sending and receiving ends; Case 4: power line with tree structure; Network transfer functions for coupled TL branches - multiconductor case; Power-line network with one branch; Number of branches concentrated at single node; Generalized expression for a network with distributed branches; Example validation of a generalized TL channel model for multi-conductor case using finite difference time domain (FDTD) method Chapter 4 - The effects of line length, load impedance, number of branches in the BPLC Introduction; Medium voltage channel; Effects of line lengths; Effects of length from transmitter to the receiver; Effects of branch length; Effects of number of branches; Effects of load impedance; Resistive loads; Inductive loads; Low voltage channel; Effects of line length; Length from transmitter to the receiver; Branched length; Effects of number of branches; Multiple branches at single node; Distributed branches; Effects of load impedance; Low resistive load; High resistive load; Indoor power-line channel; Effects of line length; Effects of number of branches; Multiple branches at single node; Distributed branches; - Effects of load; Using infinite return ground in BPLC systems - transmission line analysis; Transmission lines with return ground; Influence of signal propagation from transmitter to receiver; Influence of signal propagation with respect to branched line length; Underground cables for BPLC systems: frequency response; Influence of line length; Influence of length from transmitter to receiver; Influence of branch length; Influence of number of branches; Multiple branches at single node; Distributed branches; Influence of load impedance; Low resistive load; High resistive load Chapter 5 - Channel characterization for different PLC systems Introduction; Analysis of channel delay parameters; Analysis of coherence bandwidth parameters; Analysis of channel capacity; Characterization of different PLC systems; Medium voltage systems; Channel with four distributed branches; Channel with eight distributed branches; Channel with 12 distributed branches; Low voltage systems; Channel with four distributed branches; Channel with eight distributed branches; Channel with 12 distributed branches; Indoor systems power-line channel analysis; Channel with four distributed branches; - Channel with eight distributed branches; Channel with 12 distributed branches; Channel with 16 distributed branches; Noise in power-line networks; Channel capacities for different PLC links; The influence of ground on channel capacity for medium voltage channel Chapter 6 - Modulation and coding techniques for power-line communications systems Introduction; Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing; Spread spectrum modulation; Multi-carrier spread spectrum modulation; Discrete multitone modulation; Coding techniques for broadband systems; Convolutional codes; Error probabilities for convolutional codes; Block codes; Error probabilities for block codes; Concatenated codes; Chapter 7 - Performance of PLC systems that use modulation and coding techniques Noise model; Medium voltage systems; Influence of number of branches; Influence of load impedances; Low impedance loads; High impedance loads; Indoor systems; Influence of number of branches; - Influence of branched line length; Influence of load impedances; Low impedance loads; High impedance loads; Performance improvement using concatenated codes; Determination of code parameters for system improvement; Performance analysis for OFDM system with concatenated RS(255, 215, 8) and CC(1/2, 8); Influence of number of branches; Influence of low impedance loads; Influence of high impedance loads; Underground cable systems; Influence of line length from transmitting point to receiver; Influence of number of branches; Number of branches distributed at a node; Number of branches distributed in the link between the transmitter and receiver; Influence of variation of branch load impedances; Low impedance branch terminal loads; High impedance branch terminal loads; Influence of branched line length; Performance improvement using concatenated codes; Performance analysis of OFDM system and concatenated RS(255, 215, 8) and CC(1/2, 8); Influence of number of branches concentrated at a node; Influence of number of branches distributed in the link between the transmitter and receiver
About the Author :
Dr. Justinian ANATORY (PhD., Telecommunications Engineering, Dar Es Salaam University), has been a Senior Lecturer and Dean of the School of Virtual Education, College of Informatics and Virtual Education, at the University of Dodoma, Tanzania, since 2008. Dr. Anatory's research interests include Power-Line Communication, ICT Infrastructure, Wireless Communication, Teletraffic Engineering, and E-Services. He has published fifteen (15) IEEE Transaction papers, six papers in national and international journals, and presented 21 papers at international conferences. In addition he is a reviewer of major ICT conference papers and is an active review of major IEEE Transactions. He is also a Board Member of the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA). Previously, Dr. Anatory served as Lecturer at the Faculty of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering, University of Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, from 2001 to 2008 and has appeared in panel sessions on PLC issues in emerging countries (IEEE, Pisa, Italy, 2007) and metering technologies (Metering International, Maputo, Mozambique, 2002). He was a Visiting Researcher with the School of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, in 2002 and Visiting Researcher at the Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) Group of the Division for Electricity, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, in 2005 and 2006. Before his career in academia, he worked as a Software and IT Engineer with Beta Communication Consulting, Co. Ltd., Dar Es Salaam. Dr. Anatory received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Electrical Engineering and the Ph.D. degree in Telecommunications Engineering from the University of Dar es Salaam. He is a member of the IEEE Communications Society, IEEE Computer Society, IEEE Power and Energy Engineering Society (PES) and IEEE Vehicular Technology Society. Dr. Nelson THEETHAYI (PhD, Electrical Engineering, Uppsala Unviersity) is an Electrical Systems Engineer at Bombardier Transportation, Sweden. Previously he has worked in the Division for Electricity and Lightning Research at Uppsala University, Sweden. He is also a lecturer and speaker on electromagnetic compatibility and has presented papers on lightning interaction with railways (International Zurich Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility, Singapore, 2006 and IEEE EMC Symposium, Honolulu, HI, 2007. He served as a session chairman for the 4th Asia-Pacific Conference on Environmental Electromagnetics (CEEM 2006) and EUROEM 2008.
