Channel capacity;
impedance matching;
power-line communication (PLC);
WAVES;
D O I:
10.1109/TCSII.2016.2530218
中图分类号:
TM [电工技术];
TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号:
0808 ;
0809 ;
摘要:
Impedance matching plays an important role in a power-line-communication system. We investigate the effect on the signal-to-noise ratio at the receiver and on the system capacity of three different impedance matching criteria at the transmitter, assuming broad-band communication. We show that optimal impedance matching shall maximize the amplitude of the signal voltage at the channel input port. Since the line impedance exhibits highly frequency-dependent behavior, simplified impedance matching criteria are also proposed.