Abstract
Power Line Communication (PLC) technology is an emerging technology that utilises the electrical cables in order to send data or information. The key concept behind PLC is smart; however, it did not happen without a cost. The installation of multipurpose PLC technologies poses some problematic demerits, which need to be resolved so that PLC channels can offer a relatively pleasant transmission environment. In particular, noise in PLC distribution wires arises as the most disruptive aspect amongst all the challenges. Recently, OFDM modulation scheme has been installed into PLC technology as an advanced and efficient variation of FDM. The deployment of OFDM has succeeded to combat some severe aspects (e.g. selective fading) in PLC mediums. However, it did not succeed to tackle the most prominent concern, which is the noise. Noise, in PLC, has two major groups: background and impulsive, where the latter imposes significant performance degradation, since it shows relatively higher power spectral density values, carries more energy, and occurs at random. All these factors contribute to the fact that impulsive noise typically interferes with the information being transmitted which in turn, necessitates the need to detect and suppress it...
M.Ing. (Electrical and Electronics Engineering Science)