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[Studies in Computational Intelligence 481] Artur Babiarz, Robert Bieda, Karol Jędrasiak, Aleksander Nawrat (auth.), Aleksander Nawrat, Zygmunt Kuś (eds.) - Vision Based Systemsfor UAV Applications (2013, Sprin

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Comparative Analysis of Power Loses <strong>in</strong> Selected Measurement Devices 277<br />

In order to evaluate the possibility of utiliz<strong>in</strong>g the popular Bluetooth standard <strong>in</strong><br />

HAN networks and prepare adequate technical solutions, a group called Smart<br />

Energy Study Group was created. The advantages of leverag<strong>in</strong>g Bluetooth technology<br />

<strong>in</strong> smart grid are e.g. its identifiability and low power consumption, which<br />

are important <strong>in</strong> case multiple devices are to be used. As growth potential for<br />

smart grid market is high, concrete results of Smart Energy Study Group work are<br />

expected.<br />

Wireless data transmission across long distances which makes it possible to <strong>in</strong>tegrate<br />

multiple smart home systems may be currently implemented us<strong>in</strong>g GSM<br />

mobile communication and GPRS data transmission technologies [10].<br />

When it comes to wired transmission, the most serious contender for dom<strong>in</strong>ation<br />

of home networks is PLC technology, i.e. data transmission through power<br />

grid. One of the leaders <strong>in</strong> this group, well-known for 10 years and hold<strong>in</strong>g an<br />

estimated market share of at least 80%, is HomePlug standard. Its creators,<br />

brought together <strong>in</strong> HomePlug Powerl<strong>in</strong>e Alliance s<strong>in</strong>ce the work on smart grid<br />

concept started, have wooed <strong>in</strong>dustry representatives to choose HomePlug to be an<br />

alternative to wireless communication. As the <strong>in</strong>terest <strong>in</strong> the technology was reciprocated,<br />

the energy sector approached HomePlug Powerl<strong>in</strong>e Alliance to prepare a<br />

new version of this specification, tak<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>to account costs and power consumption<br />

required by HAN networks. As a result, on the basis of HomePlug AV specification,<br />

HomePlug Green PHY (HomePlug GP) was developed. Transmission <strong>in</strong><br />

HomePlug AV occurs <strong>in</strong> a band with frequency rang<strong>in</strong>g from 2 to 30 Mhz. OFDM<br />

modulation with subcarriers <strong>in</strong>terval of 24.414 kHz was used (1155 subcarriers).<br />

In order to obta<strong>in</strong> the best signal quality possible, especially <strong>in</strong> channels where<br />

selective fad<strong>in</strong>g occurs as a consequence of multipath, adaptive transmission is<br />

used <strong>in</strong> HomePlug AV which consists <strong>in</strong> modulat<strong>in</strong>g sub-carriers by means of<br />

various methods, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g BPSK, QPSK, 16QAM, 64 QAM, 256 QAM, 1024<br />

QAM - the choice of method dependent on the transmission channel properties. In<br />

order to exam<strong>in</strong>e them, test signal is sent which is then retransmitted to an emitter<br />

where based on the measurement of its amplitude correct modulation pattern is<br />

selected. Thanks to adaptive transmission application, transmission spe<strong>eds</strong> of 20-<br />

200 Mb/s can be achieved. In addition, HomePlug AV uses CSMA access as the<br />

primary mechanism and TDMA as secondary alternative. On the basis of HomePlug<br />

AV, HomePlug GP was developed. For this very reason, there exist many<br />

similarities between the two, e.g. the frequency rema<strong>in</strong>s unchanged (from 2 to 30<br />

MHz), just like OFDM modulation method does. At the same time, due to HAN<br />

requirement, some th<strong>in</strong>gs were simplified. The key difference consists <strong>in</strong> reduction<br />

of the maximum transmission speed, which <strong>in</strong> HomePlug GP networks is equal to<br />

10Mb/s. In addition, the only modulation technique is QPSK. That means that<br />

adaptive transmission is not utilized, thus there is no need to transmit test signals<br />

or store <strong>in</strong>formation on channel properties. Thanks to these modifications, emitter<br />

and receiver structures were significantly simplified and their energy efficiency<br />

<strong>in</strong>creased. As a consequence, these changes brought reductions <strong>in</strong> costs. Adaptive<br />

transmission was replaced <strong>in</strong> HomePlug GP by ROBO technique (Robust OFDM),<br />

i.e. cod<strong>in</strong>g with repetition which consists <strong>in</strong> transmitt<strong>in</strong>g the same <strong>in</strong>formation on<br />

multiple subcarriers. Thus, the signal will be restored <strong>in</strong> the receiver, even if <strong>in</strong> a

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