Extending the power line LAN up to the neighborhood transformer

  • Authors:
  • J. Abad;A. Badenes;J. Blasco;J. Carreras;V. Dominguez;C. Gomez;S. Iranzo;J. C. Riveiro;D. Ruiz;L. M. Torres;J. Comabella

  • Affiliations:
  • Design of Systems on Silicon;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Communications Magazine
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

This article reports on the performance of audio, video, multimedia, and other high-data-rate in-home networking applications. The article starts by describing the problems encountered in power line communication channels in terms of frequency response and noise characteristics, and explains how in-home power line LANs can be extended to the neighborhood transformer. OFDM physical layers providing speeds of 45 Mb/s and 200 Mb/s as well as QoS and security are introduced. Finally, the results of large tests involving several thousands of nodes are described.