RT Journal Article
T1 A Close Examination of the Multipath Propagation Stochastic Model for Communications over Power Lines
A1 Cortés-Arrabal, José Antonio
A1 Pittolo, Alberto
A1 Povedano, Irene
A1 Cañete-Corripio, Francisco Javier
A1 Tonello, Andrea M.
K1 Líneas eléctricas
K1 Comunicación
AB This paper focuses on the parameterization of the multipath propagation model (MPM) for indoor broadband power line communications (PLC), which up to now has been established in an heuristic way. The MPM model was initiallyproposed in the PLC context for outdoor channels in the band up to 20 MHz, but its number of parameters becomesextremely large when used to model indoor channel frequency responses (CFR), which are much more frequency-selective than outdoor ones, and the band is extended to 80 MHz. This work proposes a fitting procedure that addresses this problem. It allows determining the model parameters that yield the best fit to each channel of a large database of single-input single-output (SISO) experimental measurements acquired in typical home premises of different European countries. Then, the statistics of the MPM parameters are analyzed. The study unveils the relation between the model parameters and the main characteristics of the actual CFR like the frequency selectivity and the average attenuation.It also estimates the probability density function (PDF) of each parameter and proposes a fitting distribution for each of them. Moreover, the relationship among the main parameters of the model, as well as their impact on the performance of PLC communication systems are also explored. Provided results can be helpful for the development of MPM-based models for indoor broadband PLC.
PB IEEE
YR 2025
FD 2025-06
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10630/41269
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10630/41269
LA eng
NO J. A. Cortés, A. Pittolo, I. Povedano, F. J. Cañete and A. M. Tonello, "A Close Examination of the Multipath Propagation Stochastic Model for Communications Over Power Lines," in IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 73, no. 11, pp. 10391-10404, Nov. 2025, doi: 10.1109/TCOMM.2025.3576942
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 21 ene 2026