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- PLOC ''Power Line [[wiktionary:Outdoors|Outdoors]] Telecoms'': this is the telecoms between electric [[substation]]s and home networks (electro-modems). The standard is ''[[ETSI]] PLT''', twenty times faster than [[ADSL]]. |
- PLOC ''Power Line [[wiktionary:Outdoors|Outdoors]] Telecoms'': this is the telecoms between electric [[substation]]s and home networks (electro-modems). The standard is ''[[ETSI]] PLT''', twenty times faster than [[ADSL]]. |
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For the [[middle mile]] (upto the substations) utilities can use [[optical fiber]] [[backbone]] or [[wireless]] link. |
For the [[middle mile]] (upto the substations) utilities can use [[optical fiber]] [[backbone]] or [[wireless]] link. |
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Revision as of 13:25, 30 August 2003
Power line communication (PLC) is wireline method of communication using the electric power transmission lines.
There are two main classes of PLC :
- PLOC Power Line Outdoors Telecoms: this is the telecoms between electric substations and home networks (electro-modems). The standard is ETSI PLT', twenty times faster than ADSL.
For the middle mile (upto the substations), utilities can use optical fiber backbone or wireless link.
- PLIC Power Line Indoors or Internal Telecoms: This is using the home grid to establish telecoms, such as the Homeplug system. PLIC is one of the technologies used in domotics (another is wireless telecoms; the utilities can offer too wireless middleware (integrated PLC and WiFi based structure).
PUA is the PLC Utilities Alliance.
See also: electric market, deregulation, liberalization.
External links
- PLT standard
- Homeplug
- http://www.plcforum.com
- Endesa is offering commercial PLC to their customers.
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