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CHELAKKARA
Seminar Report On
2012- 2013
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ABSTRACT
The Internets proliferation has focused attention on the importance of providing widespread access to broadband services. Many studies show that such access can have profound positive socioeconomic impacts. Currently, however, broadband access is available to relatively few people worldwide. Broadband access has traditionally been provided via either DSL or cable. More recently, wireless and satellite broadband access has also gained significant momentum. Now, a thirdwiredoption is emerging: broadband over power lines (BPL).
Power
lines,
however,
were
designed
to
deliver
power,
not
communications, which poses three main hurdles for BPL. First, the variation in power line channel characteristics and performance over time and location must be appropriately considered. Second, measures must be put into place to ensure that BPL does not cause interference for the existing rightful owners of the spectrum. Third, the regulatory issues accompanying any new technology must be addressed.
As these hurdles are overcome, as standards mature, and as inexpensive standards-based equipment becomes more widely available, the concerns about the risks of BPL investment and deployment will gradually diminish. Then, the right business and deployment models will enable BPL to capture a significant portion of the thriving broadband market.
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CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION .. 4
1.1. BROADBAND ACCESS ALTERNATIVES .
4
1.1.1. DIGITAL SUBSCRIBER LINE (DSL) BROADBAND OVER FASTER COPPER 5 1.1.2. FIBER . 6 1.1.3. COAXIAL .. 6 1.1.4. WIRELESS ... 7 CABLE TECHNOLOGIES
2. COMPONENTS OF BPL NETWORK ..... 11 3. HOW BPL WORKS ? ....................................................................... 12 4. TAXONOMY OF BPL . 16
4.1. ACCESS . 16 BPL
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BPL
. 17
4.2.
IN-HOUSE 18
BPL
19
6.1. 6.2.
22
6.2.2. GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE AND AVAILABILITY
22
6.2.3. A BETTER-CONNECTED APPLIANCE ..
23
Department of CHM, Govt. Polytechnic College , Chelakkara
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7. FEASIBILITY ASSESSMENT 24
7.1. TECHNICAL 24
7.1.1. VENDOR SYSTEMS AND ARCHITECTURES .. 26
7.2.
30
7.2.1. INTERFERENCE AND RADIO STATIC .
32
7.2.2. UNIVERSAL SERVICE AND POLE ATTACHMENTS 33
8. DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS THAT CAN BE OFFERED WITH BPL 39 9. GLOBAL BPL USAGE . 36 10. CONCLUSION ... 37 11. REFERENCE . 38
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1. INTRODUCTION
There are two basic means of providing communications services: wireless or wireline. On the wireless side, the main hurdle is scarceness of radio frequency (RF) spectrum and the associated huge cost. Broadband over Power Line (BPL) is a technology that allows voice and Internet data to be transmitted over utility power lines. BPL is also sometimes called Power-line Communications or PLC. Many people use the terms PLC and BPL interchangeably. The FCC chose to use the term broadband over power line for consumer applications. In order to make use of BPL, subscribers use neither a phone, cable nor a satellite connection. Instead, a subscriber installs a modem that plugs into an ordinary wall outlet and pays a subscription fee similar to those paid for other types of Internet service. On top of this, there are the ongoing site rental or lease fees, which, on a nationwide basis, could translate to hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars annually. These factors make widespread usage of wireless broadband relatively difficult and expensive!