Analysis of electromagnetic field emitted from home electrical outlets used for indoor high-speed broadband communication

Abstract

High-speed broadband power line communication (BPL) is a novel and practicable technique for Net-atHome or home area local area networking (LAN). Because of the characteristics of BPL, the electromagnetic wave emitted from the BPL transmission media will influence the indoor electromagnetic environment, which would also affect the performance of other wireless communications. Based on the analysis of the communication channel characteristic, network impedance and attenuation characteristic of the BPL, this paper proposes a novel model for calculating the BPL radiation and the computer simulation model, which are proved by the coherence of the simulation and the test data. The interferences from the high-speed BPL to indoor wireless communications are analyzed to stipulate the standards of high-speed BPL in the future.

Keywords

broadband power line communication (BPL) / electromagnetic radiation / electromagnetic interference / wireless communication / Net-atHome

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 60671055, 60771060).

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