TY - GEN
T1 - SC-FDMA for uplink smart meter transmission over low voltage power lines
AU - Zhang, Wenshu
AU - Yang, Liuqing
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Recently data communications over smart grid between the smart meters and the central modem attract a lot of interests. Extensive works have been done based on Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) system on one of the possible solutions for smart grid, i.e., low voltage power lines. Although OFDMA has been widely adopted in many wired and wireless communication systems, its multicarrier nature results in severely high peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR), which is undesirable for low-cost terminal equipments. On the other hand, Single Carrier-Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA), a promising alternative to OFDMA, can greatly reduce PAPR while achieving similar performance and complexity. In this paper, SC-FDMA is for the first time introduced to PLC. We compare it with OFDMA, and study its potential for uplink smart meter transmission on power lines. Finally, simulation results also corroborate the advantages of SC-FDMA to OFDMA.
AB - Recently data communications over smart grid between the smart meters and the central modem attract a lot of interests. Extensive works have been done based on Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) system on one of the possible solutions for smart grid, i.e., low voltage power lines. Although OFDMA has been widely adopted in many wired and wireless communication systems, its multicarrier nature results in severely high peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR), which is undesirable for low-cost terminal equipments. On the other hand, Single Carrier-Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA), a promising alternative to OFDMA, can greatly reduce PAPR while achieving similar performance and complexity. In this paper, SC-FDMA is for the first time introduced to PLC. We compare it with OFDMA, and study its potential for uplink smart meter transmission on power lines. Finally, simulation results also corroborate the advantages of SC-FDMA to OFDMA.
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U2 - 10.1109/ISPLC.2011.5764449
DO - 10.1109/ISPLC.2011.5764449
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:79957489314
SN - 9781424477500
T3 - 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Power Line Communications and Its Applications, ISPLC 2011
SP - 497
EP - 502
BT - 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Power Line Communications and Its Applications, ISPLC 2011
T2 - 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Power Line Communications and Its Applications, ISPLC 2011
Y2 - 3 April 2011 through 6 April 2011
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