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BUTE Part 1 Conducted and radiated disturbance regulations for PLC devices. BUTE Part 2 Site Trial using the low voltage feeder of RBS sited on HV power line tower. EPFL Part 3 Mitigation of electromagnetic field radiated by PLC systems (in indoor environment).
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BUTE Part 1 Conducted and radiated disturbance regulations for PLC devices BUTE Part 2 Site Trial using the low voltage feeder of RBS sited on HV power line tower EPFL Part 3 Mitigation of electromagnetic field radiated by PLC systems (in indoor environment) János Löcher; György Varjú BUTE EPFL COST286 meeting Barcelona 14/15 April 2005
BUTE Part 1 Conducted and radiated disturbance regulations for PLC devices COST286 meeting Barcelona 14/15 April 2005
IEC-61000-3-8 Signaling on low voltage electrical installations Limits of mains terminal interference voltage No radiated interference limits apply below 30 MHz COST286 meeting Barcelona 14/15 April 2005
CLC/prTS50437:2004 Draft Technical Specification for electromagnetic emissions fromaccess powerline communications networks Limits of conducted common mode (asymmetric mode) disturbances at network cables Limits of radiated disturbances from networks cables COST286 meeting Barcelona 14/15 April 2005
ITU-T K.60 Emission limits and test methods for telecommunication networks No conducted interference limits apply Limits for unwanted disturbance emissions from telecommunication networks COST286 meeting Barcelona 14/15 April 2005
H-field limits converted to E-field using the far field correction of 51.5 dB COST286 meeting Barcelona 14/15 April 2005
BUTE Part 2 Site Trial using the low voltage feeder of RBS sited on HV power line tower COST286 meeting Barcelona 14/15 April 2005
Site Trial using the low voltage feeder of RBS sited on HV power line tower COST286 meeting Barcelona 14/15 April 2005
Signal injection HE Modem Radiated field metering Measuring concept 3 phase Low Voltage feeder PVC insulated phase conductors wounded around a bare neutral COST286 meeting Barcelona 14/15 April 2005
System overview Coupling PLT HE: (capacitive, inductive) - one, two or three phase to neutral - phase to phase - any other combination PLT Modem: (only capacitive) - only phase to neutral Used frequencyUpstream: 13.8 – 16.3 MHz (512 carrier)Downstream: 19 – 22.8 MHz (768 carrier) Injected signal levelmax. 30 dBm Data transfer rateDownstream: max. 27 MbpsUpstream: max. 18 Mbps COST286 meeting Barcelona 14/15 April 2005
Characteristics to be measured • K-factor measurement - H-field - Noise floor - Injected signal • Ingression Noise • LCL, TCL measurement - CM current • Attenuation characteristics measurement • Assessment of a technique to mitigate electromagnetic radiation from PLC Note: Regarding the measuring procedures, see: (JTA) “EMC analysis of LF unstructured telecom networks” COST286 meeting Barcelona 14/15 April 2005
EPFL Part 3 Mitigation of electromagnetic field radiated by PLC systems (in indoor environment) COST286 meeting Barcelona 14/15 April 2005
- IPLC Vcomp + + Icomp hPLC(f) VPLC - Vcomp=-VPLC hcomp(f) Mitigation of emissions Injection of an auxiliary compensation signal) EPLC=VPLChPLC(f) Ecomp=Vcomphcomp(f) ? hPLC(f) Vcomp hcomp(f)= -VPLC hPLC(f) hcomp(f) COST286 meeting Barcelona 14/15 April 2005
Classical Coupling of PLC Signals COST286 meeting Barcelona 14/15 April 2005
Antenna mode and TL mode Currents COST286 meeting Barcelona 14/15 April 2005
Mitigation • Idea: inject an auxiliary signal S2 into the line formed by the ground and the neutral conductors • The auxiliary signal S2 has the same amplitude and waveshape as the original PLC signal S1, but with opposite polarity COST286 meeting Barcelona 14/15 April 2005
Proposed Coupling: Power Splitter COST286 meeting Barcelona 14/15 April 2005
Bidirectional Data Transmission COST286 meeting Barcelona 14/15 April 2005
Test Configurations COST286 meeting Barcelona 14/15 April 2005
Measurements COST286 meeting Barcelona 14/15 April 2005
Measurement Results COST286 meeting Barcelona 14/15 April 2005