Front Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1. Understanding Broadband over Power Lines; 2. Power Line Operations; 3. Data over Power Line Operations; 4. Interference and FCC Action; 5. BPL in the Home and Office; 6. Equipment Vendors and Field Trials; 7. Evolving Standards and Organizing Bodies; 8. The Future of BPL; Index; Back Cover
Summary
Understanding Broadband over Power Line explores all aspects of the emerging technology that enables electric utilities to provide support for high-speed data communications via their power infrastructure. This book examines the two methods used to connect consumers and businesses to the Internet through the utility infrastructure: the existing electrical wiring of a home or office; and a wireless local area network (WLAN) access point. Written in a practical style that can be understood by network engineers and non-technologists alike, this volume offers tutorials on electric utility infrastru