MIMO Power Line Communications

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Broadband In-Home Statistics and Stochastic Modelling

Andreas Schwager, Pascal Pagani, Daniel M. Schneider, Rehan Hashmat and Thierry Chonavel

CONTENTS

5.1    Motivation

5.2    Statistical Evaluation of Results

5.2.1    CTF and Attenuation

5.2.2    Reflection (S₁₁)

5.2.3    Noise

5.2.3.1    Frequency Domain Results

5.2.3.2    Time Domain Results

5.2.4    Singular Values and Spatial Correlation

5.3    Statistical Modelling of the PLC MIMO Channel Based on Experimental Data

5.3.1    MIMO CTF Modelling

5.3.1.1    Median Channel Gain Modelling

5.3.1.2    Frequency Domain Path Loss Modelling

5.3.1.3    Multi-Path Model for the SISO Line-Neutral (D1) to Line (S1) Path

5.3 1.4    Extension of the Multi-Path Model to the MIMO Channel Matrix

5.3.1.5    Evaluation ...