Transcript Broadband Powerline (BPL)

Broadband Powerline
(BPL)
Lon Mills
TCM 268
Professor Harper
Overview
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History
How it works
Advantages / Disadvantages
Comparison of Cost
Future
History
 Around for over 80 years
 Telemetry
 Remote connections
 Fiber link (1990)
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Europe Deployment
2003 FCCs NOI
2004 Bush’s recommendation
HomePlug Alliance
How BPL Works
 Radio Frequency (RF) injected on power line
 High Voltage (HV) Medium Voltage (MV) Low
Voltage (LV)
 Perfect system
 Three Architecture for Access BPL
 MV to LV (OFDM)
 MV to WiFi or RF to LV
 MV to LV (DSSS)
BPL: Architectural
Configurations
INTERNET
& OTHER
SERVICES
SUBSTATION
A
B
C
MV/ LV
WIRELINE
BPL
HYBRID
MV LINE
/WI-FI
HYBRID
LV LINE
/MMDS
ROUTER TO MV LINE
WI-FI BRIDGE
MV TO SUBSCRIBER
MV COUPLER
BRIDGE MV-LV
MMDS RADIO
TOWER
MMDS BRIDGE
MV TO SUBSCRIBER
HV
TRANSMISSION
SYSTEM
HOMEPLUG OR BPL
MODEMS
WI-FI
MODEMS
HOMEPLUG
OR BPL
MODEMS
INTERNET
& OTHER
SERVICES
BPL: Architectural
Configurations (cont.)
-Fiber
-MV Three
Phase
-MV Single
Phase
Advantages
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Where Power is - there is a Network
Remote access for rural areas
Structured wiring already in place
MV to LV provides hardwire security
Disadvantages
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Transformers
Security for WiFi connections
Office / Apartment Buildings
Noise distortion
Availability
Comparison Cost
 DSL
 $39.95 per month
 3 Mbps Downstream 1.5 Upstream
 Cable
 $29.95 per month
 5 Mbps Downstream 3 Mbps Upstream
 BPL
 $28.95 per month
 Range from 3 to 11 Mbps Upstream and Downstream
Future
 West Florida Electric Cooperative in Graceville,
Florida
 80 Mbps
 50 Mbps at physical layer
 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co in Tokyo, Japan
 New chip set
 170 Mbps – Faster than Ethernet
The Network
In Home BPL
 X10
 LonMark
 Demo
Thank You
 Question?
 Comments?
References
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