Publication detail

General methodology of the in-field diagnostic and localization of noise source in G3-PLC network

MUSIL, P. MLÝNEK, P. RUSZ, M. BENEŠL, L. SLÁČIK, J.

Original Title

General methodology of the in-field diagnostic and localization of noise source in G3-PLC network

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

This paper proposes a general methodology on the topic of diagnostic and localization of noise source within the area of one transformer station based on G3–PLC technology in the Cenelec–A band (36–91 kHz). Different noise types and noise sources common for Narrowband-Power Line Communication (NB–PLC) are described together with the character of the measured communication channel - the cable between the junction box and the transformer station. Description of various measurement and analysis approaches is included. Present noise was evaluated by the drop of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), by the measurement of data loss during the file transfer and by the spectral analysis of the power line with the spectrum analyzer and with the PLC analyzer. This article reveals a significant noise source that prevented the communication of hundreds of smart meters with the data concentrator (DC) located at the transformer station. The authors also propose a set of 4 mitigation solutions for this non-standard situation ordered by the time difficulty of implementation to this PLC network.

Keywords

Power Line Communications, Methodology, G3–PLC, Smart Grids, Field Measurement, Noise Localization

Authors

MUSIL, P.; MLÝNEK, P.; RUSZ, M.; BENEŠL, L.; SLÁČIK, J.

Released

20. 4. 2023

Publisher

PeerJ Inc.

Location

Manchester, United Kingdom

ISBN

978-1-6654-9135-8

Book

2023 IEEE International Symposium on Power Line Communications and its Applications (ISPLC)

Pages from

37

Pages to

42

Pages count

6

URL

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10104173

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT183506,
  author="Petr {Musil} and Petr {Mlýnek} and Martin {Rusz} and Lukáš {Benešl} and Ján {Sláčik}",
  title="General methodology of the in-field diagnostic and localization of noise source in G3-PLC network",
  booktitle="2023 IEEE International Symposium on Power Line Communications and its Applications (ISPLC)",
  year="2023",
  pages="37--42",
  publisher="PeerJ Inc.",
  address="Manchester, United Kingdom",
  doi="10.1109/ISPLC57122.2023.10104173",
  isbn="978-1-6654-9135-8",
  url="https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10104173"
}