Power line is an efficient media for home area networking communication scenarios. However, it is not designed to transmit data. This causes several perturbations phenomenon for communications technologies over the po...Power line is an efficient media for home area networking communication scenarios. However, it is not designed to transmit data. This causes several perturbations phenomenon for communications technologies over the power cables. This work presents an investigation of the indoor narrowband power lines channel behavior. The load, the transmission line length and the network topology impact are studied using a simple network. A channel response measure campaign has been realized in 13 sites. The channel capacity has been used for channel classification. The measures were classified into 5 classes. It is shown that channel response is mainly impacted by the load impedance. The class distributions are more impacted by the nature of appliances connected into the indoor network.展开更多
The number and creativity of side channel attacks have increased dramatically in recent years. Of particular interest are attacks leveraging power line communication to 1) gather information on power consumption from ...The number and creativity of side channel attacks have increased dramatically in recent years. Of particular interest are attacks leveraging power line communication to 1) gather information on power consumption from the victim and 2) exfiltrate data from compromised machines. Attack strategies of this nature on the greater power grid and building infrastructure levels have been shown to be a serious threat. This project further explores this concept of a novel attack vector by creating a new type of penetration testing tool: an USB power adapter capable of remote monitoring of device power consumption and communicating through powerline communications.展开更多
In the recent past power line communication has emerged as an attractive choice for high speed data transfer and is looked upon as inexpensive and reliable media suitable for broadband internet access, home and office...In the recent past power line communication has emerged as an attractive choice for high speed data transfer and is looked upon as inexpensive and reliable media suitable for broadband internet access, home and office automation, in-vehicle data communication etc. In this paper we present an architecture for the physical layer of a PLC transceiver based on Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) and the impact on multipath distortion for PLC transmission in terms of bit error rate. Since there is no standard PLC channel model available, a widely accepted multipath channel model is used for simulation purpose. Simulation results as well as FPGA synthesis verify the effectiveness of the proposed architecture for PLC modem design at 110 Mbps data rate.展开更多
Power line communication (PLC) is a promising smart grid application for information transmission using existing power lines. We analytically model a finite-source PLC network subject to channel failure through a queu...Power line communication (PLC) is a promising smart grid application for information transmission using existing power lines. We analytically model a finite-source PLC network subject to channel failure through a queueing theoretic framework. The proposed PLC network model consists of a base station (BS), which is located at a transformer station and connected to the backbone communication networks, and a number of subscriber stations that are interconnected with each other and with the BS via the power line transmission medium. An orthogonal frequency division multiplexing based technique is assumed for forming the transmission channels in a frequency spectrum. The channels are subject to failure during service due to noise. We determine the steady-state solution of the proposed model and derive a set of performance metrics of interest. Numerical and simulation results are presented to provide further insights into the analytical results. The proposed modeling method is expected to be used for evaluation and design of future PLC networks.展开更多
Home power outlets can be connected in various topologies： derivation, star, cascade. This paper firstly describes the intrinsic behavior of the transfer function of these basic topologies. Secondly, the channel capa...Home power outlets can be connected in various topologies： derivation, star, cascade. This paper firstly describes the intrinsic behavior of the transfer function of these basic topologies. Secondly, the channel capacities of the three topologies are compared to check if there is a more favorable topology. Many deterministic modeling methods have been developed to compute the transfer function of power line networks but the given examples in the studies correspond only to the derivation topology with branches connected to the direct path between transceivers. Thirdly, this paper evaluates the ability of common modeling methods （multipath and chain matrices） to compute accurately the transfer function of any topology. Modeling the derivation topology with ＂secondary＂ branches and the star topology is shown to be inappropriate with chain matrices based method. Indeed, this method is very sensitive to the uncertainty of the second parameters of the power cables and this induces considerable fading shifts for those topologies. Multipath modeling method produces results agreeing with measurements for any topology.展开更多
Particle filtering （PF） algorithm has the powerful potential for coping with difficult non-linear and non-Gaussian problems. Aiming at non-linear, non-Gaussian and time-varying characteristics of power line channel,...Particle filtering （PF） algorithm has the powerful potential for coping with difficult non-linear and non-Gaussian problems. Aiming at non-linear, non-Gaussian and time-varying characteristics of power line channel, a time-varying channel estimation scheme combined PF algorithm with decision feedback method is proposed. In the proposed scheme, firstly the indoor power line channel is measured using the pseudo-noise （PN） correlation method, and a first-order dynamic autoregressive （AR） model is set up to describe the measured channel, then, the channel states are estimated dynamically from the received signals by exploiting the proposed scheme. Meanwhile, due to the complex noise distribution of power line channel, the performance of channel estimation based on the proposed scheme under the Middleton class A impulsive noise environment is analyzed. Comparisons are made with the channel estimation scheme respectively based on least square （LS）, Kalman filtering （KF） and the proposed algorithm. Simulation indicates that PF algorithm dealing with this power line channel estimation difficult non-linear and non-Gaussian problems performance is superior to those of LS and KF respectively, so the proposed scheme achieves higher estimation accuracy. Therefore, it is confirmed that PF algorithm has its own unique advantage for power line channel estimation.展开更多
正交频分复用(orthogonal frequency division multiplexing,OFDM)技术以其多种优势成为低压电力线通信的最佳选择,信道估计是OFDM系统的关键问题之一。分析低压电力线信道特性,针对信道慢时变特性及噪声复杂的特点,提出一种适用于低压...正交频分复用(orthogonal frequency division multiplexing,OFDM)技术以其多种优势成为低压电力线通信的最佳选择,信道估计是OFDM系统的关键问题之一。分析低压电力线信道特性,针对信道慢时变特性及噪声复杂的特点,提出一种适用于低压电力线通信的采用迭代插值的信道估计算法。该算法对导频符号的频率响应进行迭代插值,求出整个信道的频率响应,并利用信道响应的自相关矩阵,对信道频率响应进行优化,从而得到更加精确的信道估计。仿真结果表明,该信道估计算法能有效地跟踪低压电力线信道特性,降低了系统的误比特率和均方误差。展开更多
以正交频分复用(orthogonal frequency division multiplexing,OFDM)调制为基础的宽带电力线通信技术,为智能电网、智能家居以及"最后一公里"提供了高效可靠的信息传输方案,然而OFDM对同步错误极度敏感,针对此问题,采用多相...以正交频分复用(orthogonal frequency division multiplexing,OFDM)调制为基础的宽带电力线通信技术,为智能电网、智能家居以及"最后一公里"提供了高效可靠的信息传输方案,然而OFDM对同步错误极度敏感,针对此问题,采用多相序列作为主同步信号的多用户帧结构,利用一种新的多相序列族(用于用户群搜索)作为主同步信号,序列族的设计不仅要考虑每个序列都有更优良的自相关特性即更高的峰值对旁瓣峰值比,还要求有很好的互相相关特性以对抗其他用户训练序列引起的用户间干扰。多用户系统中不同用户采用不同的序列作为同步序列,这种方法对系统的复杂性没有任何影响。在作者自制的硬件平台上实现了该算法,实验和仿真结果均表明该同步设计更适用于电力线环境。展开更多
文摘Power line is an efficient media for home area networking communication scenarios. However, it is not designed to transmit data. This causes several perturbations phenomenon for communications technologies over the power cables. This work presents an investigation of the indoor narrowband power lines channel behavior. The load, the transmission line length and the network topology impact are studied using a simple network. A channel response measure campaign has been realized in 13 sites. The channel capacity has been used for channel classification. The measures were classified into 5 classes. It is shown that channel response is mainly impacted by the load impedance. The class distributions are more impacted by the nature of appliances connected into the indoor network.
文摘The number and creativity of side channel attacks have increased dramatically in recent years. Of particular interest are attacks leveraging power line communication to 1) gather information on power consumption from the victim and 2) exfiltrate data from compromised machines. Attack strategies of this nature on the greater power grid and building infrastructure levels have been shown to be a serious threat. This project further explores this concept of a novel attack vector by creating a new type of penetration testing tool: an USB power adapter capable of remote monitoring of device power consumption and communicating through powerline communications.
文摘In the recent past power line communication has emerged as an attractive choice for high speed data transfer and is looked upon as inexpensive and reliable media suitable for broadband internet access, home and office automation, in-vehicle data communication etc. In this paper we present an architecture for the physical layer of a PLC transceiver based on Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) and the impact on multipath distortion for PLC transmission in terms of bit error rate. Since there is no standard PLC channel model available, a widely accepted multipath channel model is used for simulation purpose. Simulation results as well as FPGA synthesis verify the effectiveness of the proposed architecture for PLC modem design at 110 Mbps data rate.
文摘Power line communication (PLC) is a promising smart grid application for information transmission using existing power lines. We analytically model a finite-source PLC network subject to channel failure through a queueing theoretic framework. The proposed PLC network model consists of a base station (BS), which is located at a transformer station and connected to the backbone communication networks, and a number of subscriber stations that are interconnected with each other and with the BS via the power line transmission medium. An orthogonal frequency division multiplexing based technique is assumed for forming the transmission channels in a frequency spectrum. The channels are subject to failure during service due to noise. We determine the steady-state solution of the proposed model and derive a set of performance metrics of interest. Numerical and simulation results are presented to provide further insights into the analytical results. The proposed modeling method is expected to be used for evaluation and design of future PLC networks.
文摘Home power outlets can be connected in various topologies： derivation, star, cascade. This paper firstly describes the intrinsic behavior of the transfer function of these basic topologies. Secondly, the channel capacities of the three topologies are compared to check if there is a more favorable topology. Many deterministic modeling methods have been developed to compute the transfer function of power line networks but the given examples in the studies correspond only to the derivation topology with branches connected to the direct path between transceivers. Thirdly, this paper evaluates the ability of common modeling methods （multipath and chain matrices） to compute accurately the transfer function of any topology. Modeling the derivation topology with ＂secondary＂ branches and the star topology is shown to be inappropriate with chain matrices based method. Indeed, this method is very sensitive to the uncertainty of the second parameters of the power cables and this induces considerable fading shifts for those topologies. Multipath modeling method produces results agreeing with measurements for any topology.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (61202399)
文摘Particle filtering （PF） algorithm has the powerful potential for coping with difficult non-linear and non-Gaussian problems. Aiming at non-linear, non-Gaussian and time-varying characteristics of power line channel, a time-varying channel estimation scheme combined PF algorithm with decision feedback method is proposed. In the proposed scheme, firstly the indoor power line channel is measured using the pseudo-noise （PN） correlation method, and a first-order dynamic autoregressive （AR） model is set up to describe the measured channel, then, the channel states are estimated dynamically from the received signals by exploiting the proposed scheme. Meanwhile, due to the complex noise distribution of power line channel, the performance of channel estimation based on the proposed scheme under the Middleton class A impulsive noise environment is analyzed. Comparisons are made with the channel estimation scheme respectively based on least square （LS）, Kalman filtering （KF） and the proposed algorithm. Simulation indicates that PF algorithm dealing with this power line channel estimation difficult non-linear and non-Gaussian problems performance is superior to those of LS and KF respectively, so the proposed scheme achieves higher estimation accuracy. Therefore, it is confirmed that PF algorithm has its own unique advantage for power line channel estimation.
文摘正交频分复用(orthogonal frequency division multiplexing,OFDM)技术以其多种优势成为低压电力线通信的最佳选择,信道估计是OFDM系统的关键问题之一。分析低压电力线信道特性,针对信道慢时变特性及噪声复杂的特点,提出一种适用于低压电力线通信的采用迭代插值的信道估计算法。该算法对导频符号的频率响应进行迭代插值,求出整个信道的频率响应,并利用信道响应的自相关矩阵,对信道频率响应进行优化,从而得到更加精确的信道估计。仿真结果表明,该信道估计算法能有效地跟踪低压电力线信道特性,降低了系统的误比特率和均方误差。
文摘以正交频分复用(orthogonal frequency division multiplexing,OFDM)调制为基础的宽带电力线通信技术,为智能电网、智能家居以及"最后一公里"提供了高效可靠的信息传输方案,然而OFDM对同步错误极度敏感,针对此问题,采用多相序列作为主同步信号的多用户帧结构,利用一种新的多相序列族(用于用户群搜索)作为主同步信号,序列族的设计不仅要考虑每个序列都有更优良的自相关特性即更高的峰值对旁瓣峰值比,还要求有很好的互相相关特性以对抗其他用户训练序列引起的用户间干扰。多用户系统中不同用户采用不同的序列作为同步序列,这种方法对系统的复杂性没有任何影响。在作者自制的硬件平台上实现了该算法,实验和仿真结果均表明该同步设计更适用于电力线环境。
