A computer system at a substation of an electrical grid examines on-grid communication channels and for very channel, the system compares and correlates a GLA signal provided by a downstream transmitter on that channel to a reference GLA signal. The channel that provided the signal with the best cor
A computer system at a substation of an electrical grid examines on-grid communication channels and for very channel, the system compares and correlates a GLA signal provided by a downstream transmitter on that channel to a reference GLA signal. The channel that provided the signal with the best correlation is mostly likely the channel with the transmitter. Thus, the feeder and phase of the signal can be determined from the correlation of signals.
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1. A method for determining a phase line on which a transmitter is transmitting, comprising: generating, by a processing system comprising a processing device, a reference signal;monitoring, by the processing system, a plurality of power distribution phase lines for transmitted signals transmitted b
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A method for determining a phase line on which a transmitter is transmitting, comprising: generating, by a processing system comprising a processing device, a reference signal;monitoring, by the processing system, a plurality of power distribution phase lines for transmitted signals transmitted by respective transmitters of a plurality of transmitters coupled to the plurality of power distribution phase lines, subsets of the plurality of power distribution phase lines composing a plurality of corresponding feeder lines such that each feeder line of the plurality of corresponding feeder lines comprises a corresponding subset of power distribution phase lines of the plurality of power distribution phase lines;detecting, on a first power distribution phase line of the plurality of power distribution phase lines, a transmitted signal transmitted by one transmitter of the plurality of transmitters;detecting, on a second power distribution phase line of the plurality of power distribution phase lines, the transmitted signal transmitted by the one transmitter;correlating the transmitted signal detected on the first power distribution phase line and the transmitted signal detected on the second power distribution phase line with the reference signal; anddetermining that the one transmitter transmitted the transmitted signal on the first power distribution phase line and not on the second power distribution phase line. 2. The method of claim 1 wherein generating, by the processing system, the reference signal further comprises generating the reference signal by generating a plurality of chirps, each chirp comprising a signal spanning a predetermined frequency range. 3. The method of claim 2 wherein generating the reference signal by generating the plurality of chirps, each chirp comprising a signal spanning the predetermined frequency range further comprises generating the reference signal by generating at least ten chirps, each chirp of the at least ten chirps spanning a different non-overlapping predetermined frequency range. 4. The method of claim 3 wherein each chirp of the at least ten chirps spans a non-overlapping predetermined frequency range of 50 Hertz. 5. The method of claim 1 further comprising detecting, on the first power distribution phase line, a transmitted data packet transmitted by the one transmitter that follows the transmitted signal, the transmitted data packet comprising data that quantifies a measurement made by the one transmitter. 6. The method of claim 1 wherein detecting, on the first power distribution phase line of the plurality of power distribution phase lines, the transmitted signal transmitted by the one transmitter of the plurality of transmitters further comprises detecting, on the first power distribution phase line on a high voltage side of a service transformer that steps down voltage on the first power distribution phase line, the transmitted signal transmitted by the one transmitter on the first power distribution phase line on a low voltage side of the service transformer. 7. The method of claim 1 further comprising storing, in a grid map, data identifying the one transmitter as being coupled to the first power distribution phase line. 8. A receiver for determining a phase line on which a transmitter is transmitting, comprising: a memory; anda processor device coupled to the memory and configured to: generate a reference signal;monitor a plurality of power distribution phase lines for transmitted signals transmitted by respective transmitters of a plurality of transmitters coupled to the plurality of power distribution phase lines, subsets of the plurality of power distribution phase lines composing a plurality of corresponding feeder lines such that each feeder line of the plurality of corresponding feeder lines comprises a corresponding subset of power distribution phase lines of the plurality of power distribution phase lines;detect, on a first power distribution phase line of the plurality of power distribution phase lines, a transmitted signal transmitted by one transmitter of the plurality of transmitters;detect, on a second power distribution phase line of the plurality of power distribution phase lines, the transmitted signal transmitted by the one transmitter;correlate the transmitted signal detected on the first power distribution phase line and the transmitted signal detected on the second power distribution phase line with the reference signal; anddetermine that the one transmitter transmitted the transmitted signal on the first power distribution phase line and not on the second power distribution phase line. 9. The receiver of claim 8 wherein to generate the reference signal, the processor device is further configured to generate a plurality of chirps, each chirp comprising a signal spanning a predetermined frequency range. 10. The receiver of claim 9 wherein to generate the plurality of chirps, each chirp comprising a signal spanning the predetermined frequency range, the processor device is further configured to generate the reference signal by generating at least ten chirps, each chirp of the at least ten chirps spanning a different non-overlapping predetermined frequency range. 11. The receiver of claim 10 wherein each chirp of the at least ten chirps spans a non-overlapping predetermined frequency range of 50 Hertz. 12. The receiver of claim 8 wherein the processor device is further configured to detect, on the first power distribution phase line, a transmitted data packet transmitted by the one transmitter that follows the transmitted signal, the transmitted data packet comprising data that quantifies a measurement made by the one transmitter. 13. The receiver of claim 8 wherein to detect, on the first power distribution phase line of the plurality of power distribution phase lines, the transmitted signal transmitted by the one transmitter of the plurality of transmitters, the processor device is further configured to detect, on the first power distribution phase line on a high voltage side of a service transformer that steps down voltage on the first power distribution phase line, the transmitted signal transmitted by the one transmitter on the first power distribution phase line on a low voltage side of the service transformer. 14. The receiver of claim 8 wherein the processor device is further configured to store, in a grid map, data identifying the one transmitter as being coupled to the first power distribution phase line.
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