TY - JOUR N2 - Low-power consumption and long-distance transmission are two problems that have to be solved by the application of broadband power line communication for the automatic meter reading system. To reduce the power consumption of the communication module, based on the analysis of the composition of the power consumption, some methods are proposed. From the communication chip level and the module circuit level, the design scheme of low-power consumption is given. To solve the problem of transmission distance, a frequency band of 2.44 MHz~5.6 MHz is used as the main working frequency band. The communication module supports multiple frequency bands. Using this feature, the optimal frequency band is adaptively selected for communication and automatic switching, which further improve the transmission distance. Field application shows that the above methods effectively decrease the power consumption of the communication module and extend the transmission distance. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/117661/PDF/art02.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/117661 PY - 2020 IS - No 4 EP - 780 DO - 10.24425/aee.2020.134628 KW - automatic meter reading KW - low-power consumption KW - long-distance transmission KW - power line communication A1 - Chen, Xia A1 - Liu, Ling PB - Polish Academy of Sciences VL - vol. 69 DA - 2020.11.06 T1 - Design of broadband power line communication module for automatic meter reading SP - 771 UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/117661 T2 - Archives of Electrical Engineering ER -