scholarly journals Capacity Performance of Overhead Transmission Multiple-Input Multiple-Output Broadband over Power Lines Networks: The Insidious Effect of Noise and the Role of Noise Models

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-82
Author(s):  
Athanasios Lazaropoulos
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Input Multiple Output ◽  
Power Lines ◽  
Multiple Input ◽  
Input Multiple Output ◽  
Noise Models ◽  
Capacity Performance

scholarly journals Broadband over Power Lines Systems Convergence: Multiple-Input Multiple-Output Communications Analysis of Overhead and Underground Low-Voltage and Medium-Voltage BPL Networks

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Athanasios G. Lazaropoulos
Keyword(s):  
Modal Analysis ◽  
Review Paper ◽  
Low Voltage ◽  
Multiple Input Multiple Output ◽  
Power Lines ◽  
Mimo Channels ◽  
Medium Voltage ◽  
Multiple Input ◽  
Input Multiple Output ◽  
Value Decomposition

This review paper reveals the broadband potential of overhead and underground low-voltage (LV) and medium-voltage (MV) broadband over power lines (BPL) networks associated with multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) technology. The contribution of this review paper is fourfold. First, the unified value decomposition (UVD) modal analysis is introduced. UVD modal analysis is a new technique that unifies eigenvalue decomposition (EVD) and singular value decomposition (SVD) modal analyses achieving the common handling of traditional SISO/BPL and upcoming MIMO/BPL systems. The validity of UVD modal analysis is examined by comparing its simulation results with those of other exact analytical models. Second, based on the proposed UVD modal analysis, the MIMO channels of overhead and underground LV and MV BPL networks (distribution BPL networks) are investigated with regard to their inherent characteristics. Towards that direction, an extended collection of well-validated metrics from the communications literature, such as channel attenuation, average channel gain (ACG), root-mean-square delay spread (RMS-DS), coherence bandwidth (CB), cumulative capacity, capacity complementary cumulative distribution function (CCDF), and capacity gain (GC), is first applied in overhead and underground MIMO/LV and MIMO/MV BPL channels and systems. It is found that the results of the aforementioned metrics portfolio depend drastically on the frequency, the power grid type (either overhead or underground, either LV or MV), the MIMO scheme configuration properties, the MTL configuration, the physical properties of the cables used, the end-to-end distance, and the number, the electrical length, and the terminations of the branches encountered along the end-to-end BPL signal propagation. Third, three interesting findings concerning the statistical properties of MIMO channels of distribution BPL networks are demonstrated, namely, (i) the ACG, RMS-DS, and cumulative capacity lognormal distributions; (ii) the correlation between RMS-DS and ACG; and (iii) the correlation between RMS-DS and CB. By fitting the numerical results, unified regression distributions appropriate for MIMO/BPL channels and systems are proposed. These three fundamental properties can play significant role in the evaluation of recently proposed statistical channel models for various BPL systems. Fourth, the potential of transformation of overhead and underground LV/BPL and MV/BPL distribution grids to an alternative solution to fiber-to-the-building (FTTB) technology is first revealed. By examining the capacity characteristics of various MIMO scheme configurations and by comparing these capacity results against SISO ones, a new promising urban backbone network seems to be born in a smart grid (SG) environment.

Effect of Antenna Layout on the Capacity of Massive MIMO

2014 ◽  
Vol 716-717 ◽  
pp. 1194-1198
Author(s):  
Xiao Yu Li ◽  
Xiao Fei Zhang ◽  
Da Zhuan Xu ◽  
Qui Ming Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Channel Model ◽  
Narrow Band ◽  
Mimo System ◽  
Multiple Input Multiple Output ◽  
System Capacity ◽  
Antenna Aperture ◽  
Multiple Input ◽  
Flat Fading ◽  
Input Multiple Output ◽  
Capacity Performance

This paper addresses the problem of the effect of different antenna layouts on the capacity of massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system capacity. Based on the narrow-band, flat fading channel model, the effect of scattering environment and antenna layout are considered by incorporating the power azimuth spectrum (PAS) and the array manifold vector. Under the same antenna aperture, six antenna layouts are investigated among which the UCA yields the best capacity while ULA yields the lowest capacity. The more symmetric the antenna geometry is, the better capacity performance it has.

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