Time-reversal for EMC improvement in powerline communications

Abstract

National audiencePower Line Communication (PLC) is a technique used to deliver information over the electrical networks. The capacity and performance of PLC has evolved, over the past few decades, from very low bit rate power grid telemetry applications to inhome broadband internet services. However, there are serious electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) issues between PLC systems and radio broadcasters. Due to their dispersive nature, the PLC channels offer a rich scattering medium to a signal. Time-reversal (TR) is a technique which exploits scattering to obtain two major advantages: an improved signal to noise ratio (SNR) at the receiver, and reduced radio pollution to improve the EMC scenario