  This paper proposes a new channel modelling method for powerline
communications networks based on the multipath profile in the time domain. The
new channel model is developed to be applied in a range of Powerline
Communications (PLC) research topics such as impulse noise modelling,
deployment and coverage studies, and communications theory analysis. To develop
the methodology, channels are categorised according to their propagation
distance and power delay profile. The statistical multipath parameters such as
path arrival time, magnitude and interval for each category are analyzed to
build the model. Each generated channel based on the proposed statistical model
represents a different realisation of a PLC network. Simulation results in
similar the time and frequency domains show that the proposed statistical
modelling method, which integrates the impact of network topology presents the
PLC channel features as the underlying transmission line theory model.
Furthermore, two potential application scenarios are described to show the
channel model is applicable to capacity analysis and correlated impulse noise
modelling for PLC networks.
