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Smart Beamforming: Improving PLC Electromagnetic Interference

Daniel M. Schneider and Andreas Schwager

16.1  Introduction

16.2  Measurement and System Setup

16.3  Difference between Eigen- and Spotbeamforming

16.4  Results: Radiation Depending on Beamforming

16.5  EMI-Friendly Beamforming

16.6  Obtaining EMI Properties without Measuring Field Levels

16.7  Conclusions

References

16.1  Introduction

Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) technology enhances the performance of PLC systems by utilising multiple ports for sending and receiving signals (see Chapters 8, 9, 12, 14 and 24). Beamforming or precoding is used in several current power line communication (PLC) systems (see Chapters 12 and 14) and significantly improves their performance ...

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