Broadband Transmission and Statistical Performance Properties of Overhead High-Voltage Transmission Networks

Table 1

Average end-to-end channel attenuation for various overhead HV/BPL configurations and topologies.

	Average end-to-end channel attenuation (dB)
	150 kV		275 kV		400 kV
	DM4	WtW^1−2	DM4	WtW^1−2	DM4	WtW^1−2
Urban case	21.82	32.41	20.06	26.73	23.25	29.48
Suburban case	19.30	29.91	16.86	23.47	19.84	26.37
Rural case	16.08	26.36	13.65	20.23	16.43	23.14
“LOS” case	12.96	22.90	10.43	16.98	13.22	19.98