Powerlines can provide an economical medium for high-speed communications; however, the low-voltage electrical network is an unfriendly environment with interferences, noise, attenuation, and multi-path reflections. This paper presents a reliable multi-step procedure for designing an optimal broadband impedance-matching circuit providing gain equalization and mitigation of the effects of low-impedance loads on modern wide-band power line communications. Special attention is given to the application of such devices on board of luxury yachts, where the use of power line communications could dramatically reduce weights and costs. Results carried out on the network of a real yacht confirm the efficiency of the proposed approach.
Computer-aided design of coupling units for naval-network power line communications / Araneo, Rodolfo; Celozzi, Salvatore; Lovat, Giampiero; Maradei, Francescaromana. - ELETTRONICO. - (2010), pp. 2961-2966. (Intervento presentato al convegno 2010 IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics tenutosi a Bari nel 4-7 luglio 2010) [10.1109/ISIE.2010.5637811].
Computer-aided design of coupling units for naval-network power line communications
ARANEO, Rodolfo;CELOZZI, Salvatore;LOVAT, GIAMPIERO;MARADEI, Francescaromana
2010
Abstract
Powerlines can provide an economical medium for high-speed communications; however, the low-voltage electrical network is an unfriendly environment with interferences, noise, attenuation, and multi-path reflections. This paper presents a reliable multi-step procedure for designing an optimal broadband impedance-matching circuit providing gain equalization and mitigation of the effects of low-impedance loads on modern wide-band power line communications. Special attention is given to the application of such devices on board of luxury yachts, where the use of power line communications could dramatically reduce weights and costs. Results carried out on the network of a real yacht confirm the efficiency of the proposed approach.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.