Impact of loads on insertion gain and capacity for MIMO PLC channels

Hamid Bouassam (1) , Mounir Rifi (1) , Virginie Degardin (2, 3)

1 University Hassan II [Casablanca]
2 IEMN - Institut d’Électronique, de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie - UMR 8520
3 TELICE - IEMN - Télécommunication, Interférences et Compatibilité Electromagnétique - IEMN

Power Line Communications (PLC) is used for information exchange over the lines installed for delivering the electrical power. In-home PLC is a technology which delivers telecom services to every corner of a household through already existing electrical wiring. The in-home PLC channel offers multiple signal feed ports as, usually, it comprises of three wires: Phase, Neutral and Protective Earth. The measurements and results presented in this paper shows the impact of load impedances connected to the electrical network on insertion gain and capacity for Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) PLC channel.

Mots clés: Power Line Communication (PLC); channel characteristics; channel measurement; MIMO; channel capacity

Domaines: Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]

Hamid Bouassam, Mounir Rifi, Virginie Degardin. Impact of loads on insertion gain and capacity for MIMO PLC channels. 2015 International Conference on Electrical and Information Technologies (ICEIT), Mar 2015, Marrakech, Morocco. 150-153, session 6 - Signal Processing, paper ID:21, ⟨10.1109/EITech.2015.7163002⟩. ⟨hal-03514922⟩