48167 20210121114544.0 doi 10.1186/s13634-015-0211-4 sideral 89592 ART-2015-89592 eng Cortés, J.A. Analysis of narrowband power line communication channels for advanced metering infrastructure 2015 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted This paper analyzes the characteristics of narrowband power line communication (NB-PLC) channels and assesses their performance when used for advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) communications. This medium has been traditionally considered too hostile. However, the research activities carried out in the last decade have shown that it is a suitable technology for a large number of applications. This work provides a statistical characterization of NB-PLC channels in the CENELEC-A band. The presented results have been obtained from a set of 106 links measured in urban, suburban, and rural scenarios. The study covers the input impedance of the power line network, the channel response and the noise. The analysis of the channel response examines the delay spread, the coherence bandwidth, and the attenuation, while the assessment of the noise considers both its spectral and temporal characteristics. Since low voltage (LV) distribution networks consists of several conductors, they can be simultaneously used to set up multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication links. This paper investigates the correlation between the MIMO streams. The bit rates that can be attained both in the single-input single-output (SISO) and in the MIMO cases are estimated and discussed. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 0.928 2015 ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC 160 / 257 = 0.623 2015 Q3 T2 0.351 2015 Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2015 Q2 Hardware and Architecture 2015 Q2 Signal Processing 2015 Q3 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion (orcid)0000-0001-7883-699X Sanz, A. Universidad de Zaragoza Estopiñán, P. (orcid)0000-0003-0601-6444 García, J.I. Universidad de Zaragoza 5008 785 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Ingeniería Electrón.Com. Área Tecnología Electrónica 2015, 27 (2015), [13 pp.] EURASIP J. Adv. Signal Process. EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing 1687-6172 1324498 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/48167/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 11889 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/48167/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:48167 articulos driver 2021-01-21-11:18:00 ARTICLE