Technology - Broadband Power Line 5 - Interference and Challenges

Paul Budde Communication Pty Ltd, May 2007, Pages: 13

After discussing the best known objection to BPL access services: interference, this report examines the better established alternative technologies which BPL typically competes with, particularly those technologies which might be more easily deployed by a power utility. Finally, we discuss the barriers which BPL access systems must overcome if they are to achieve the long awaited wide adoption and low costs.

1. Synopsis
2. Introduction
3. Interference
3.1 Underground and above ground
3.2 Propagation and measurement techniques
3.3 Notching and intermodulation
3.4 Interference regulations
3.5 Amateur radio objections
3.6 HF broadcaster’s objections
3.7 HFC and VDSL Objections
4. A Critical view: considering alternatives
4.1 WiFi and WiMAX
4.2 FttH with Passive Optical Network (PON)
4.3 Laying sufficient fibre for PON
4.4 Urban and rural settings
4.5 Last mile or last hundred metres
4.6 Limitations cannot be solved with technology
4.7 Automated Meter Reading (AMR) and device control
5. Barriers and challenges
5.1 Lack of technical standards
5.2 Divergence of architectures
5.3 Lack of regulation
5.4 Crosstalk and isolation
5.5 Access and in-house incompatibility
5.6 Unpredictability of performance
5.7 Speed and distance limits
5.8 Competition with wireless technologies
5.9 Expense of installation
6. Electricity Supply Board of Ireland critique
7. Related reports

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