Power Line Communication Systems for Smart Grids presents the fundamentals and principles behind narrowband and broadband PLC technologies, covering the particularities of coupling PLC signals to the electrical grid and the main modulation and coding techniques used, to their standardisation and use in monitoring and control operations involved in energy management, charging of electric vehicles and distributed generation, taking into account the use of intermittent renewable energy sources.

• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Fundamentals of digital communications
• Chapter 3: Basis of error correction coding
• Chapter 4: Principles of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing and single-carrier frequency domain equalisation
• Chapter 5: Modern power line communication technologies
• Chapter 6: Power line communication channel models
• Chapter 7: Noise mitigation
• Chapter 8: Narrowband power line communication systems: PRIME and G3-PLC/IEEE 1901.2 performance
• Chapter 9: Broadband power line communication systems: IEEE 1901 performance
• Chapter 10: A guide to prototyping broadband and capacitive power line communication coupling circuits for low-voltage electric power grids
• Chapter 11: Smart grids and the use of power line communications
• Chapter 12: Performance evaluation of PRIME power line communication modems over distribution transformers: a case study
• Chapter 13: Power line communication for monitoring and control of distributed energy resources in smart grids
• Chapter 14: Power line communication devices for electric vehicles charging infrastructure: progress, challenges, opportunities and status
• Chapter 15: Demand side management through power line communication: concepts and challenges
• Chapter 16: Direct torque control for a wind doubly fed induction generator employing power line communication technology in smart grid environments
• Chapter 17: The use of non-linear filtering to improve the performance of narrowband power line communication in smart grid applications
• Chapter 18: Multiple-input multiple-output systems design for narrowband power line communication in smart distribution grids
• Chapter 19: Analysis of hybrid communication systems for smart grids