MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF PLC CHANNELS CHARACTERISTICS

The aim of this work is to analyze and develop original methods and models to overcame technical limitations and constraints of indoor power line communications channels when they are used for broadband transmission. For this purpose, the channel characteristics are described and a detailed analysis of noise terms with a clear distinction between their constituent terms is presented. Channel models, designed to capture these characteristics in real power networks, are presented. Soft Computing Techniques based models has been proposed and used to identification of different noise sources. The presented Soft Computing Techniques have been developed within the area of digital communication, nevertheless they posses general applicability.