Broadband Powerline (BPL)

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Broadband Powerline(BPL)

• Lon Mills
• TCM 268
• Professor Harper

2
Overview

• History
• How it works
• Advantages / Disadvantages
• Comparison of Cost
• Future

3
History

• Around for over 80 years
• Telemetry
• Remote connections
• Fiber link (1990)
• Europe Deployment
• 2003 FCCs NOI
• 2004 Bushs recommendation
• HomePlug Alliance

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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)

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BPL Architectural Configurations
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BPL Architectural Configurations (cont.)
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• Fiber
• -MV Three Phase
• -MV Single Phase

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Advantages

• Where Power is - there is a Network
• Remote access for rural areas
• Structured wiring already in place
• MV to LV provides hardwire security

9
Disadvantages

• Transformers
• Security for WiFi connections
• Office / Apartment Buildings
• Noise distortion
• Availability

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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

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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

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The Network
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In Home BPL

• X10
• LonMark
• Demo

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Thank You

• Question?
• Comments?

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References

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References

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