The role of power line communications in the smart grid revisited: Applications, challenges, and research initiatives

Gregorio López; Javier Matanza; David De La Vega; Marta Castro; Amaia Arrinda; José Ignacio Moreno; Alberto Sendin

doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2928391

The role of power line communications in the smart grid revisited: Applications, challenges, and research initiatives

Gregorio López, Javier Matanza, David De La Vega, Marta Castro, Amaia Arrinda, José Ignacio Moreno, Alberto Sendin

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Abstract

Power line communications (PLC) have been an active research area for many years and it is still the case, mainly because they present economic and technical natural advantages for a wide range of applications using the existing electrical grid as transmission medium. In this paper, the authors provide an update on PLC technologies and their applications in Smart Grids, the main challenges they are currently facing, how they can be addressed, and the current research initiatives.

Original language	English
Article number	8760230
Pages (from-to)	117346-117368
Number of pages	23
Journal	IEEE Access
Volume	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2928391
Publication status	Published - 2019

Keywords

Communications networks
Communications technologies
Power line communications
Smart grids

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