Coupling for Power Line Communications: A Survey

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Luis Guilherme da Silva Costa
Antônio Carlos Moreirão de Queiroz
Bamidele Adebisi
Vinicius Lagrota Rodrigues da Costa
Moisés Vidal Ribeiro

Abstract

The advent of power line communication (PLC) for smart grids, vehicular communications, and data network access, has recently gained ample interest among the researchers and industries. Couplers - devices used to inject data communication signals into (Alternating Current or Direct Current) power lines are very important components of a PLC system. There is, however, an obvious gap in literature for a detailed review of existing PLC couplers. In this paper, we present a comprehensive review of couplers, which are required in narrowband and broadband PLC transceivers. We provide, also, a novel classification of PLC couplers based on the type of physical coupling, voltage levels, frequency bandwidth, propagation mode, and number of connections. Prevailing issues that protract the design of couplers and consequently subtended the invention of different types of couplers are clearly described. This survey will guide researchers, and designers alike, into a quicker resourcing when studying coupling in narrowband and broadband PLC systems. 

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Costa, L. G. da S., Queiroz, A. C. M. de, Adebisi, B., Costa, V. L. R. da, & Ribeiro, M. V. (2017). Coupling for Power Line Communications: A Survey. Journal of Communication and Information Systems, 32(1). https://doi.org/10.14209/jcis.2017.2
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