Posted at Jun 22/2005 09:22AM:
Powerline Technology
During the talk on selection of wireless equipment, some questions came up about alternatives to wireless - e.g. net over powerlines (known as Powerline or PLC technology).

So here are

Some links:

Powerline World is a global online community facilitating the development and deployment of Powerline Communications (PLC) products and services.
http://www.powerlineworld.com/

HomePlug is an industry Alliance comprised of industry leaders at each level of the value chain - from Technology to Services & Content.
http://www.homeplug.org



2nd Annual Power Line Communications in Africa 2005 July 20 - 21, 2005 · CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
http://www.iqpc.co.uk/cgi-bin/templates/genevent.html?topic=233&event=7227&

Posted at Jun 23/2005 10:24AM:
Struzak: That technology was discussed at ICTP earlier, please check lecture notes of 2004 and 2005:

2004: ITU /ICTP Workshop on New Radiocommunication Technologies for ICT in Developing Countries—Africa Region Trieste, Italy, 17—21 May 2004 --- "New Technologies and Solutions for Wireless Digital Communications - Part 1" lecture notes (pdf, 1.4MB) Lecturer: R. Struzak, ITU, Geneva http://wireless.ictp.it/ITU_workshop/index.html

2005: School on Radio Based Computer Networking for Research and Training in Developing Countries. "Basics of broadband communications over power lines and EMC issues" (pdf, 1.7 MB) A. Zeddam http://wireless.ictp.it/school_2005/index.html;



This is an interesting video about Broadband over Powerline: http://www.uplc.utc.org/file_depot/0-10000000/0-10000/7966/folder/23284/UPLC56k.rm


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