The theses is focused on the use of PLC technology. The aim of the thesis is creating device which communicates in a narrowband transmission frequency band. Transmission of communication between plc elements runs through the low voltage distribution network. The frequency and phase modulations are used in order to change the character of data signal. Transmitter and receiver parameters are subjects to the CENELEC standard. The theses gives more attention to the area of hardware build communication element rather than the area of programming.

Αντικείµενο της παρούσας διατριβής είναι η αξιοποίηση των γραµµών χαµηλής τάσης εντός κτιρίων για τη δηµιουργία ενός τοπικού δικτύου επικοινωνιών για µετάδοση δεδοµένων σε υψηλές ταχύτητες µε σκοπό την παροχή υπηρεσιών ευρείας ζώνης στον τελικό χρήστη. Η χρήση του δικτύου παροχής ηλεκτρικής ενέργειας ως επικοινωνιακό µέσο σε υψηλές συχνότητες εξαρτάται από την αντιµετώπιση των ιδιαίτερων χαρακτηριστικών της συµπεριφοράς του, που περιλαµβάνουν επιλεκτική εξασθένηση πλάτους συναρτήσει της συχνότητας, παραµόρφωση φάσης που εξαρτάται από τα µήκη των γραµµών, ισχυρό κρουστικό θόρυβο και παρεµβολές στενής ζώνης. Οι συνθήκες µετάδοσης επηρεάζονται επίσης δυσµενώς από την εξάρτηση των παραπάνω χαρακτηριστικών από το χρόνο, η οποία οφείλεται στη µεταβολή της φόρτισης του δικτύου. Η σύγχρονη αντιµετώπιση του επικοινωνιακού µέσου στηρίζεται σε εµπειρικά µοντέλα συµπεριφοράς, που πηγάζουν από µετρητικά δεδοµένα σε πειραµατικά δίκτυα και επιχειρεί να καλύψει αξιόπιστα µε κατάλληλες τεχνικές µετάδοσης τη ‘χειρότερη’ περίπτωση σε ότι αφορά τις συνθήκες του καναλιού, χωρίς να βοηθά στην κατανόηση των παραγόντων που επηρεάζουν τη συµπεριφορά του µέσου, ώστε να είναι εφικτή και η ουσιαστική αντιµετώπισή τους. Η παρούσα εργασία ακολουθεί µια διαφορετική προσέγγιση για την αξιοποίηση του µέσου, που στοχεύει στην ουσιαστική αντιµετώπιση της χρονικά µεταβαλλόµενης συµπεριφοράς του µέσου, προτείνοντας διαδικασίες και τεχνικές που προσαρµόζουν τη µετάδοση στο υφιστάµενο επικοινωνιακό περιβάλλον. Η ανάπτυξη των διαδικασιών αυτών στηρίχθηκε σε ένα πρότυπο περιβάλλον επικοινωνιών που καλείται pDSL (powerline Digital Subscriber Lines) και προτάθηκε για να αποτελέσει το πλαίσιο, σύµφωνα µε το οποίο αναπτύχθηκαν διαδικασίες ανίχνευσης και προσαρµογής της µετάδοσης στις συνθήκες του καναλιού. Στο pDSL περιβάλλον ορίζονται επικοινωνιακά κανάλια που ισοδυναµούν µε ‘σηµείο-προς-σηµείο’ ζεύξεις µεταξύ της pDSL πύλης (κεντρική µονάδα του δικτύου και µονάδα διασύνδεσης του τοπικού δικτύου µε άλλα δίκτυα) και των pDSL επικοινωνιακών συσκευών, όπως ονοµάζονται οι ηλεκτρονικές συσκευές που απαιτούν υπηρεσίες µετάδοσης δεδοµένων υψηλών ταχυτήτων. Η ανάπτυξη των τεχνικών µετάδοσης που αντιµετωπίζουν τις συνθήκες που επικρατούν στο επικοινωνιακό µέσο στηρίζεται στο χαρακτηρισµό της συµπεριφοράς του. Πρώτο βήµα της διαδικασίας αυτής αποτελεί η σύνδεση της απόκρισης του καναλιού µετάδοσης µε τα χαρακτηριστικά του δικτύου γραµµών. Για το σκοπό αυτό, αναπτύχθηκε και παρουσιάζεται ένας αλγόριθµος ανάλυσης της πολυοδικής µετάδοσης του σήµατος στο δίκτυο των γραµµών χαµηλής τάσης, ο οποίος προσδιορίζει µε αναλυτικό τρόπο τα προϊόντα της µετάδοσης που πραγµατοποιείται µέσω πολλαπλών διαδροµών στο δίκτυοκαι συνθέτει την κρουστική και φασµατική απόκρισή του. Ο αλγόριθµος βασίζεται στην περιγραφή της τοπολογίας, των χαρακτηριστικών µετάδοσης των καλωδίων και των εµπεδήσεων των φορτίων τερµατισµού της. Η εργασία περιλαµβάνει επίσης την ανάπτυξη δύο πειραµατικών µεθοδολογιών µε τις οποίες πραγµατοποιείται η εκτίµηση των χαρακτηριστικών µετάδοσης των καλωδίων χαµηλής τάσης στις υψηλές συχνότητες και της εµπέδησης των ηλεκτρικών φορτίων που συνδέονται στα δίκτυα αυτά. Τα µεγέθη αυτά προκαλούν την εξάρτηση της συµπεριφοράς του µέσου µετάδοσης από τη συχνότητα και το χρόνο και ο προσδιορισµός τους είναι αναγκαίος για την εφαρµογή της ανάλυσης και της πρόβλεψης της συµπεριφοράς του καναλιού µε τη βοήθεια του αλγορίθµου ανάλυσης. Η αξιοπιστία των µεθόδων πιστοποιήθηκε µε τη σύγκριση της πειραµατικής και της θεωρητικής συνάρτησης µεταφοράς των καναλιών που σχηµατίζονται σε πειραµατικές τοπολογίες γραµµών χαµηλής τάσης, οι οποίες κατασκευάστηκαν για το σκοπό αυτό. Στην παρούσα εργασία, η ανάλυση της συµπεριφοράς του µέσου πλαισιώνεται µε τη σχεδίαση και την υλοποίηση ενός εξοµοιωτή πραγµατικού χρόνου του επικοινωνιακού καναλιού, ο οποίος εξοµοιώνει τη χρονικά µεταβαλλόµενη συµπεριφορά του µέσου µε βάση την τοπολογία και τη φόρτιση του. Ο εξοµοιωτής αυτός µπορεί να αποτελέσει πολύτιµο εργαλείο ελέγχου νέων τεχνικών µετάδοσης, κάτω από διαφορετικές συνθήκες επικοινωνίες. Τέλος, µε βάση το χαρακτηρισµό της συµπεριφοράς του επικοινωνιακού µέσου που προηγήθηκε επιχειρείται η ανάπτυξη διαδικασιών που αποσκοπούν στην ανίχνευση των συνθηκών που επικρατούν στο επικοινωνιακό κανάλι και στην προσαρµογή της τεχνικής µετάδοσης σε αυτές, στα πλαίσια της pDSL αρχιτεκτονικής επικοινωνιών. Για την ανίχνευση των συνθηκών µετάδοσης στις επικοινωνιακές ζεύξεις αναπτύχθηκαν δύο επιµέρους διαδικασίες: η ‘αρχική συνθηκοθέτηση’ του καναλιού, που πραγµατοποιείται κατά την αρχικοποίηση των επικοινωνιακών ζεύξεων και η ‘ενδιάµεση συνθηκοθέτηση’ που εκτελείται περιοδικά και επανεκτιµά τις συνθήκες του καναλιού κατά τη διάρκεια της µετάδοσης. Η δεύτερη διαδικασία, η οποία υπόκειται σε εξαιρετικά αυστηρούς χρονικούς περιορισµούς, πλαισιώθηκε από µια µέθοδο πρόβλεψης της συµπεριφοράς του µέσου που επιταχύνει και συµπληρώνει τη διαδικασία ‘ενδιάµεσης συνθηκοθέτησης’ και βασίζεται στη διαθέσιµη πληροφορία εκτίµησης του καναλιού και στον αλγόριθµο ανάλυσης της µετάδοσης στο κανάλι. Η προτεινόµενη διαδικασία προσαρµογής της µετάδοσης στις τρέχουσες συνθήκες που επικρατούν στο κανάλι στοχεύει στην κατάλληλη ανακατανοµή του διαθέσιµου εύρους ζώνης στις επικοινωνιακές ζεύξεις, Η διαδικασία αξιοποιεί την πληροφορία της εκτίµησης των συνθηκών στο µέσο και επιχειρεί να χαρακτηρίσει τα διαθέσιµα υπο-κανάλια ως προς την καταλληλότητα τους για µετάδοση δεδοµένων, ώστε να τα κατανείµει µε βέλτιστο τρόπο στις ζεύξεις, ανάλογα µε τις απαιτήσεις τους σε ρυθµό µετάδοσης.

Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2016-02-16T09:52:46Z No. of bitstreams: 1 alamsilvamenezes.pdf: 8301590 bytes, checksum: aed618e30f38206da4bf4f329924f87e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2016-02-26T12:30:53Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 alamsilvamenezes.pdf: 8301590 bytes, checksum: aed618e30f38206da4bf4f329924f87e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-02-26T12:30:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 alamsilvamenezes.pdf: 8301590 bytes, checksum: aed618e30f38206da4bf4f329924f87e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-09-01 / A presente tese propõe soluções ao problema da explicitação do conteúdo espectral de processos estacionários e não estacionários, com aplicações na estimação de frequência, estimação da densidade espectral de potência e no monitoramento do espectro. A técnica de estimação de frequência proposta nesta tese, baseada na warped discrete Fourier transform, apresenta, de acordo com as simulações computacionais, o melhor desempenho frente às demais técnicas comparadas, atingindo o Cramer-Rao bound para uma ampla faixa de relação sinal ruído. Em relação a estimação da densidade espectral de potência, a Hartley Multitaper method, proposta nesta tese, apresenta desempenho similar à multitaper method, em termos da variância de estimação e da polarização do espectro, mas simpli cação de implementação. Uma técnica para monitoramento do espectro para sistemas power line communication é proposta, levando em consideração o conceito de quanta e a diversidade observada quando os sinais são aquisitados a partir da rede de energia elétrica e do ar. Baseando-se em sinais sintéticos, gerados em computador, assim como dados de medição do espectro, obtidos utilizando uma antena e o cabo de energia elétrica como elementos sensores, veri fica-se que o desempenho da técnica proposta supera a monitoração padrão, sobretudo quando a diversidade gerada pelo cabo e pela antena sobre o sinal monitorado é explorada na detecção. / This dissertation aims at discussing solutions to deal with spectral analysis of stationary and non-stationary processes for frequency estimation, power spectral density estimation and spectral monitoring applications. The frequency estimation techniques are assessed through computer simulations. The proposed technique for frequency estimation is based on warped discrete Fourier transform outperforms other techniques, achieving the Cramer-Rao Bound for a wide range of signal to noise ratio. Regarding the power spectral density estimation, the proposed Hartley Multitaper Method shows similar performance, in terms of variance of estimates and polarization spectrum; however, it can simplify the implementation complexity. The introduced spectrum sensing technique is based on quanta de nition and the diversity o ered by the signals acquired from the electric power grids and the air. Based on computer-generation data and those one obtained during a measurement campaign, which one in this thesis is evaluated using synthetic signals, generated by computer, as well as measurement data of the spectrum. The numerical results show that the proposed technique outperforms a previous technique and can attain the very detection ratio and the very low false alarm when the diversity yielded by electric power grid and air is exploited.

Submitted by Marta Toyoda (1144061@mackenzie.br) on 2018-02-08T19:53:42Z No. of bitstreams: 2 RENATO PIVESSO FRANZIN.pdf: 4022365 bytes, checksum: 9a9f1f649dcaff054b2cc033a7c69dba (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Paola Damato (repositorio@mackenzie.br) on 2018-02-22T13:30:38Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 RENATO PIVESSO FRANZIN.pdf: 4022365 bytes, checksum: 9a9f1f649dcaff054b2cc033a7c69dba (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-02-22T13:30:38Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 RENATO PIVESSO FRANZIN.pdf: 4022365 bytes, checksum: 9a9f1f649dcaff054b2cc033a7c69dba (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-10-27 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The present dissertation presented a comparative analysis between OFDM and FBMC modulation techniques, applied in Power Line Communication (PLC) technology, considering realistic channel models. With the growing demand for access to broadband data networks, there is a need to integrate the various data communication technologies. In this scenario, PLC networks can o er a viable alternative as a provider of network access, since they use the infrastructure of the transmission lines. However, the electrical network is a hostile medium for data transmission, presenting impedance mismatches, noise interference and signal propagation in multipath, characterizing the PLC channel model. With the objective of increasing the data transmission rate, as well as to obtain a better utilization of available bandwidth, the present work proposed to replace the OFDM technique by FBMC in PLC networks. For this, a study of the channel model was carried out to obtain the necessary parameters for the computational simulations through Matlab software. The OFDM and FBMC techniques were implemented according to IEEE 1901 standard technical speci cations. With the results obtained in the simulations, it was veri ed that the FBMC is more robust the channel interferences, presenting gains of up to 8 dB in the bit error rate, and an increase in the data transmission rate and spectral e ciency of up to 25% in relation to OFDM. Therefore, the FBMC technique can be implemented at the physical layer of the IEEE 1901 standard, replacing OFDM. / A presente dissertação apresentou uma análise comparativa entre as t_ecnicas de modulação OFDM e FBMC, aplicadas na tecnologia Power Line Communication (PLC), considerando modelos realísticos de canais. Com a crescente demanda ao acesso das redes de dados em banda larga, há uma necessidade de integração das diversas tecnologias de comunicação de dados. Nesse cenário, as redes PLC podem oferecer uma alternativa viável como provedora de acesso à rede, pois utilizam a infraestrutura das linhas de transmissão de energia elétrica. Entretanto, a rede elétrica é um meio hostil para transmissão de dados, apresentando desajustes de impedância, interferência de ruído e propagação do sinal em multipercursos, caracterizando o modelo do canal PLC. Com o objetivo de aumentar a taxa de transmissão de dados, como também obter um melhor aproveitamento da largura de banda disponível, o presente trabalho propôs substituir a técnica OFDM pela FBMC em redes PLC. Para isso, foi realizado um estudo do modelo do canal, para obter os parâmetros necessários para as simulações computacionais por meio do software Matlab. As técnicas OFDM e FBMC foram implementadas de acordo com especificações técnicas do padrão IEEE 1901. Com os resultados obtidos nas simulações, constatou que o FBMC é mais robusto as interferências do canal, apresentando ganhos de até 8 dB na taxa de erro de bit, e um incremento na taxa de transmissão de dados e eficiência espectral de até 25% em relação ao OFDM. Portanto, a técnica FBMC pode ser implementada na camada física do padrão IEEE 1901, substituindo o OFDM.

Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2017-04-25T12:36:15Z No. of bitstreams: 1 antonioangelomissiaggiapicorone.pdf: 6590019 bytes, checksum: 115ef6e90742599945ac5e9c8c44cb2c (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2017-04-25T15:26:22Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 antonioangelomissiaggiapicorone.pdf: 6590019 bytes, checksum: 115ef6e90742599945ac5e9c8c44cb2c (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-04-25T15:26:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 antonioangelomissiaggiapicorone.pdf: 6590019 bytes, checksum: 115ef6e90742599945ac5e9c8c44cb2c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-08-22 / Esta tese discute a medição e a caracterização das redes de distribuição de energia elétrica de baixa tensão (RDE-BT) e externa (outdoor) como meio de comunicação de dados para sistemas power line communication (PLC). São apresentados e discutidos diversos parâmetros obtidos a partir de uma campanha de medição realizada na RDE-BT de uma concessionária brasileira. Dentre os parâmetros analisados destacam-se o tempo de coerência, banda de coerência, espalhamento do atraso, comprimento da resposta ao impulso do canal e capacidade do canal, quando se considera as bandas de frequências de 1,7 a 30 MHz, 1,7 a 50 MHz e 1,7 a 100 MHz. As análises estatísticas evidenciam o potencial da rede de energia elétrica como meio de comunicação e discute os limites dessa potencialidade. Além disso, são propostos modelos de densidade espectral de potência dos ruídos, caracterização esparsa de canais PLC e proposto um modelo para geração de canais PLC variantes no tempo, cujo tempo de coerência entre as realizações dos canais é controlado. A estimação de canais PLC é apresentada como uma oportunidade de aplicação das técnicas de amostragem compressiva. Os resultados relacionados com as modelagens propostas constituem um ferramental de grande utilidade para projetar e analisar o desempenho de sistemas PLC. / This dissertation aims at discussing the measurement and characterization of outdoor electric power grid of low voltage as communication medium (power line communication - PLC). Statistical analyses carried out on several parameters such as average channel gain, coherence time, coherence bandwidth, delay spread, length of the channel impulse response, and channel capacity, when it is considered the frequency bands from 1.7 to 30 MHz, from 1.7 up to 50 MHz, and from 1.7 up to 100 MHz, are presented. These analyses reveal the circumstances in which outdoor and low-voltage electric power grids can be advantageous to support a reliable and efficient PLC system operation. Moreover, power spectral density models of additive noise and sparse representation of PLC channels are proposed. Also, a PLC time-varying channels model generator that makes use of coherence time is introduced. The proposed model generator, which is validated with measured PLC channels, is an effective tool to carry out performance analysis of PLC systems. Finally, PLC channel estimation is highlighted as an opportunity for the application of compressive sampling-based techniques. The use of traditional OFDM - based channel estimation techniques and the ones based on compressive sensing gives some directions for advancing channel estimation techniques for PLC channels.

Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2017-07-19T18:40:00Z No. of bitstreams: 1 victorfernandes.pdf: 1092306 bytes, checksum: 4a32aa04ed1256ce18768180de089629 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2017-08-09T12:20:45Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 victorfernandes.pdf: 1092306 bytes, checksum: 4a32aa04ed1256ce18768180de089629 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-08-09T12:20:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 victorfernandes.pdf: 1092306 bytes, checksum: 4a32aa04ed1256ce18768180de089629 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-02-23 / CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Essa dissertação tem por objetivo mostrar os benefícios em termos de desempenho e confiabilidade de um modelo de canal híbrido de baixa taxa de dados que pode ser aplicado a smart grids e internet das coisas. Esse modelo é chamado de hybrid power line communication-wireless single-relay channel (HSRC), que consiste do uso paralelo e mútuo dos modelos single-relay channel baseado em transmissão de dados via rede elétrica e sem fio. Para mostrar os benefícios do mesmo, foi considerado que a posição do nó de retransmissão é variável, também foi assumida alocação de potência uniforme e ótima sob restrição de potência, bem como o uso de dois protocolos de cooperação: amplify-andforward (AF) e decode-and-forward (DF). Além disso, essa dissertação discute o modelo HSRC incompleto, que é caracterizado pela perda de um enlace de comunicação de dados ou uma interface de comunicação de um nó no modelo HSRC. Primeiramente, foi apresentada a formulação matemática no que tange a taxa de dados ergódica e probabilidade de outage dos dois modelos mencionados. Em seguida, foi realizada a análise numérica dos mesmos. Por fim, os resultados numéricos foram analisados e mostraram que tanto o HSRC quanto o HSRC incompleto têm performance melhores do que o single-relay channel baseado em transmissão de dados via rede elétrica ou sem fio para todas as posições do nó de retransmissão e protocolos de cooperação considerados. Também, os resultados mostraram que a posição relativa entre os nós de fonte, destino e de retransmissão impactam significativamente na taxa de dados ergódica bem como na probabilidade de outage. Ainda, foi mostrado o impacto da perda de cada enlace de comunicação de dados ou interface de comunicação de um nó (HSRC incompleto) quando a posição relativa do nó de retransmissão muda. Por último, é mostrado que a diferença de desempenho entre os protocolos de cooperação AF e DF reduz quando o modelo HSRC é utilizado e que a melhor posição para o nó de retransmissão é entre os nós fonte e destino em termos de taxa de dados ergódica. / This dissertation aims at discussing improvements of performance and reliability of lowbit rate data communication technologies applied to smart grids and internet of things. In this regard, a comprehensive analysis of the ergodic achievable data rate and the outage probability of the so-called low-bit rate hybrid power line communication-wireless singlerelay channel (HSRC) model, which jointly and in parallel uses power line and wireless channels for data transmission, is presented. In order to highlight the benefits of such hybrid channel model for the target applications when the relative position of relay node changes, optimal and uniform power allocations under sum power constraint, amplifyand-forward (AF) and decode-and-forward (DF) cooperative protocols are taken into account. Moreover, this dissertation discusses the so-called incomplete HSRC which is characterized by the loss of one data communication link or node communication interface in a HSRC. Numerical results show that the HSRC and incomplete HSRC remarkably outperform power line or wireless single-relay channels for all considered positions of the relay node and the chosen cooperative protocols. Furthermore, these results show that the relative distances among source, relay and destination nodes significantly impact the achievable data rate and outage probabilities. In addition, the impact of each missing data communication link or node communication interface (incomplete HSRC) when the relay position, relative to source and destination nodes, changes is quantified. Finally, but not the least, it is shown that the performance difference between AF and DF protocols reduces when the HSRC model is taken into account and that the best relay position is in the middle between source and destination nodes.

Submitted by Geandra Rodrigues (geandrar@gmail.com) on 2018-04-18T18:31:55Z No. of bitstreams: 1 mateusdelimafilomeno.pdf: 952346 bytes, checksum: 0eb883e1ceabb6c297f58be445761d84 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2018-04-19T13:28:21Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 mateusdelimafilomeno.pdf: 952346 bytes, checksum: 0eb883e1ceabb6c297f58be445761d84 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-04-19T13:28:21Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 mateusdelimafilomeno.pdf: 952346 bytes, checksum: 0eb883e1ceabb6c297f58be445761d84 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018 / Esta dissertação tem como objetivo discutir as comunicações cooperativas híbrida e não híbrida aplicadas a sistemas de comunicação de dados em banda larga e em ambientes residenciais. Nesse sentido, o modelo de canal com retransmissor único em dois estágios é investigado para sistemas de comunicação em banda larga através da rede de energia elétrica. Este modelo de canal cooperativo é formado pela concatenação de dois canais com retransmissor único, cobrindo enlaces de comunicação de dados com até dois saltos. Além disso, um modelo de canal híbrido com retransmissor único, utilizando rede elétrica e ar, é analisado para sistemas de comunicação de dados em banda larga em que enlaces de até um salto são considerados. Expressões de taxas de dados alcançáveis ergódicas são derivadas para os modelos de canais cooperativos híbridos e não híbridos, a fim de compará-los. Devido às características de canais e ruído das redes de energia elétrica, os resultados numéricos são baseados em um conjunto de dados constituído por estimativas de canais e medições de ruído cobrindo a faixa de frequência de 1, 7 a 100 MHz e diferentes posições do nó retransmissor. Para os canais sem fio, o modelo HIPERLAN/2 com a mesma largura de banda é utilizado, considerando uma freqüência central de 5 GHz, enquanto o ruído aditivo é considerado branco gaussiano. Com relação aos sistemas de comunicação através da rede energia elétrica, mostra-se que o modelo de canal com retransmissor único em dois estágios é a melhor opção quando o enlace da fonte ao destino encontra-se severamente degradado (por exemplo, alta atenuação de sinal devido à longa distância entre nós fonte e destino e/ou presença de ruído de alta potência). Quando a degradação do canal não é acentuada, o modelo de canal de dois saltos é mais apropriado. Acerca dos sistemas híbridos, constata-se que, quando o retransmissor está no meio do caminho entre fonte e destino, o modelo de canal híbrido com retransmissor único apresenta o melhor desempenho em termos de taxa de dados alcançável ergódica, enquanto o modelo de canal híbrido de um salto oferece os melhores resultados para outros casos. / This dissertation aims to discuss hybrid and non-hybrid cooperative communications applied to in-home broadband data communication systems. In this sense, the two-stage single-relay channel model is investigated for in-home broadband power line communication systems. This cooperative channel model consists of the concatenation of two single-relay channels, covering data communication links with up to two hops. Moreover, a hybrid power line/wireless single-relay channel model is analyzed for broadband data communication systems, considering one-hop links. Ergodic achievable data rate expressions are derived for both hybrid and non-hybrid cooperative channel models in order to compare them. Due to channel and noise characteristics of electric power grids, numerical results are based on a data set constituted by power line channel estimates and additive noise measurements covering the frequency band from 1.7 up to 100 MHz and different relay positions. For wireless channels, the HIPERLAN/2 model with the same bandwidth is used, but at a central frequency of 5 GHz, while the additive noise is considered to be Gaussian white. Regarding only power line communication systems, it is shown that the two-stage single-relay channel model is the best option when the source-to-destination link is severely degraded (e.g., high signal attenuation due to the long distance between source and destination nodes and/or high-power noise presence). When the channel degradation is not severe, the two-hop channel model is more appropriate. Concerning hybrid systems, it is observed that, when the relay is halfway between source and destination nodes, the hybrid single-relay channel model presents the best performance in terms of ergodic achievable data rate, while the hybrid one-hop channel model yields the best results for other cases.

The goal is to design data concentrator for Smart Grids. Data Concentrator provides the interface between the server systems of distribution companies and end devices, which are electricity meters, water meters, gas meters and other equipment. There are hardware and software design solutions and there is also discussed creating its own distribution of Linux.

This diploma thesis analyzes the PLC communications in various scenarios. The first part of the thesis describes the principle of narrowband and broadband communication and the analysis of electrical lines. The next part describes the NS-3 framework, simulation scenarios for establishment the effect of branches and other parameters on the baud rate. The last part determines the minimum number of repeaters and their location on the extended topology.

Ce travail est une étude de caractérisation de différents composants du réseau basse tension (BT) français dans la bande de fréquence utilisée par les courants porteurs en ligne en bande étroite entre 9 kHz et 500 kHz. L’objectif est de permettre une compréhension approfondie de la propagation du signal CPL dans le réseau BT français. L’approche ascendante est choisie. Elle consiste en la caractérisation du réseau à partir de la caractérisation de chaque composant le constituant. Deux composants essentiels du réseau BT ont été caractérisés : les câbles d’énergie et les installations des clients. Dans la première partie, différentes technologies de câbles de distribution et de branchement ont été caractérisées expérimentalement. Deux modèles ont été choisis, un premier modèle dit ligne simple (LS) qui ne prend pas en compte le couplage et un deuxième modèle dit ligne couplée (LC) plus complet qui prend en compte le couplage inductif et capacitif entre les lignes de transmission des câbles. Dans la deuxième partie, on s’est intéressé à l’obtention des impédances d’entrée des installations des clients vues par le réseau BT. Ces impédances ont été obtenues à partir de la caractérisation du câble électrique domestique ainsi que celle de différents appareils domestiques parmi les plus présents dans les installations. Pour ces différentes caractérisations, trois méthodes expérimentales ont été conçues et mises au point. Une étude paramétrique a été réalisé pour évaluer l’influence des longueurs des câbles ainsi que les valeurs des impédances connectées aux extrémités des lignes de transmission de ces câbles sur l’atténuation, le couplage et l’impédance d’accès. / This work presents the characterization of different components of the French Low Voltage (LV) network in the frequency band used by the narrowband power line communication (PLC) between 9 kHz and 500 kHz. The aim of this work is to provide a deeper understanding of the propagation of the PLC signal in the French LV network. For this, the bottom-up approach is used. This approach consists in LV network characterization starting from the characterization of each component of this LV network. Two essential components of the LV network have been characterized: energy cables and customer installations. In the first part, different distribution and connection cable technologies have been experimentally characterized.Two models have been chosen: a first model called LS consisting on the characterization of cables without taking into account the coupling and a second one more complete called LC which, takes into account the inductive and capacitive coupling between the transmission lines of the cables. In the second part, the work focused on obtaining the input impedance of the customer installations seen by the LV network. These impedances were obtained from the characterization of the domestic electrical cable as well as various domestic appliances among the most present in the installations. Finally, the results of both parts allowed to make a parametric study of the influence of cable lengths and the impedance values connected to the ends of the transmission lines of these cables on attenuation, coupling and access impedances.