TY  - JOUR
AU  - Borovina, Dzemo
AU  - Mujcic, Aljo
AU  - Zajc, Matej
AU  - Suljanovic, Nermin
PY  - 2018/02/12
Y2  - 2025/01/01
TI  - Investigation of Narrow-Band Power-Line Carrier Communication System Performance in Rural Distribution Grids
JF  - Elektronika ir Elektrotechnika
JA  - ELEKTRON ELEKTROTECH
VL  - 24
IS  - 1
SE  - 
DO  - 10.5755/j01.eie.24.1.20149
UR  - https://eejournal.ktu.lt/index.php/elt/article/view/20149
SP  - 61-67
AB  - &lt;p class=&quot;Abstract&quot;&gt;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.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;DOI: &lt;a href=&quot;http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.eie.24.1.20149&quot;&gt;http://dx.doi.org/10.5755/j01.eie.24.1.20149&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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