Power Line Communications in Practice Xavier Carcelle
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As I wrote at the end of 2011, the HomePlug Green PHY standard enables data, such as a vehicle identification number, to be sent over a power line. Power line communications (PLC) systems, which allow data to be sent across power lines, are used in many segments of the electricity grid. The MAX2990 is ideal for PLC applications requiring cost-effective, reliable, and secure long-range data communication over existing power lines. Bring up the practice of delivering broadband services and voice over an infrastructure owned and operated by the neighborhood electric company, however, and you'll get the kind of response reserved for discussions about a mentally challenged cousin who's housed . Military logistics asks two questions: first, it asks what things the opposing force, the opposing war machine captured by the state apparatus, relies on in order to deploy its war machine: supply lines, communications networks, people . Yet power lines also can be very noisy. Than playing the part of the beautiful soul who refuses to get his hands dirty, I think we need good maps so we can blow up the right bridges, power lines, and communications networks, and so we can engage in effective terraformation. But sometimes, wireless technology can't cover the whole house, making the ac power line the best choice for high-speed applications. The expansion of smart grids is fueling increased According to a recent report from Pike Research, a part of Navigant's Energy Practice, annual revenue from PLC systems for smart grid applications will grow from $283 million in 2012 to more than $418 million by 2020. "We have all the OSS capabilities," Birnbaum says, "but it's not attached on points along the power line system; we use traditional, automated communications on a network separate from that.