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1.0.0 Introduction
1.1.0 History
The technology has roots going back to the 1940s.It has been
used by power utilities for simple telemetering and control of electrical
equipment in their networks.
The high pass filter facilitates two way data traffic to and from
the customer premise. Data signals flow through the CDP to the customer’s
service unit via standard coaxial cable.
Digital Powerline
technology was
first tested in a
public setting at
the Seymour Park
Primary School in
Manchester, UK.
Twelve PCs were
connected to a
single Digital Powerline outlet. Dedicated high-speed access to the Internet
turned out to be a great success in the eyes of students and teachers.
Nortel’s Digital Powerline web site quotes Seymour Head teacher, Jenny
Dunn; "The high speed connection really lets us take advantage of the
educational potential of the Internet. With a normal connection the children
could lose interest waiting for pages to download. The new system means
information arrives virtually instantaneously, thereby maximizing teaching
time and keeping children on task. This set is amazingly flexible in
educational terms, and not only gives us the additional medium with which
to improve standards, but prepares us for the National Grid for Learning."
The Nortel web site predicts, "It could also be feasible to have
an Internet address for every plug in the house, through which you could e-
mail, for example: ‘fridge@home’ and study the picture relayed by the
video camera to see what shopping you require; or you could remotely turn
the lights off and the burglar alarm on using your own password."
1.7.3 Security
PLC abroad
Proof that the PLC concept works in practice was furnished by
a series of field trials by Main.net of Israel, Ascom of Switzerland and
some other companies in 16 European countries from Portugal to
Scandinavia, as well as in Hong Kong, Korea, India, Singapore and the
Americas. These trials fulfilled all expectations of reliability, functionality
and the practical applications of Powerline communications. The first
installations are now already up and running or about to go live.
PLC in USA
1.10.0 Conclusion
1.11.0 Reference
• http://www.powerlineworld.com/powerlineintro.html
http://www.powerlinecommunications.net/
• www.powerline-plc.com
• www.powerline.com
• www.wikipedia.org
• O'Neal Jr., J.B. (1986) "The residential power circuit as a
communication medium," IEEE
Trans. on Consumer Electronics, vol.
CE-32, No. 3, pp. 567-577.
• Malek, J.A. & Engstorm, J.R. (1976)
"R.F. impedance of United States
and European power lines," IEEE
Trans. on Elec. Comp., vol. EMC-
18, pp. 36-38.
ABSTRACT
The technology has roots going back to the 1940s. It has been
used by power utilities for simple telemetering and control of electrical
equipment in their networks. What is new is the integration of activities
outside the building with those inside the building at a much higher
bandwidth, 2.5 mbps or higher – this means voice and data transmission via
the mains supply voltage network right through to every power socket in
the building, as well as in the reverse direction at high speed.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
SANTOSH. R