@article{Borovina_Mujcic_Zajc_Suljanovic_2018, title={Investigation of Narrow-Band Power-Line Carrier Communication System Performance in Rural Distribution Grids}, volume={24}, url={https://eejournal.ktu.lt/index.php/elt/article/view/20149}, DOI={10.5755/j01.eie.24.1.20149}, abstractNote={<p class="Abstract">This paper investigates error performance of the narrow-band (NB) power-line carrier (PLC) communication system from a distribution system operator (DSO) perspective, with measurement data collected in the rural 400 V distribution grid. The performance evaluation is founded on the three aspects: attenuation of the NB PLC channel, frequency of the signal to noise ratio (SNR) class occurrence detected in a receiver and bit error rate (BER) analysis. The true BER is estimated from the limited amount of collected data using error model based on Neyman type A contagious distribution, appropriate for communication channels with impulsive noise. Results confirmed that PRIME-based NB PLC deployments for smart metering applications are adequate in rural distribution grids, even in cases with high attenuation and articulated frequency variations in a PLC channel.</p><p>DOI: <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.eie.24.1.20149">http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.eie.24.1.20149</a></p>}, number={1}, journal={Elektronika ir Elektrotechnika}, author={Borovina, Dzemo and Mujcic, Aljo and Zajc, Matej and Suljanovic, Nermin}, year={2018}, month={Feb.}, pages={61-67} }