• DocumentCode
    1559386
  • Title

    Doing double duty: power-line communications

  • Author

    Bansal, Rajeev

  • Author_Institution
    Connecticut Univ., Storrs, CT, USA
  • Volume
    43
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    10/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    114
  • Abstract
    In 2001, the German Minister of Economy passed several laws, allocating frequencies up to 30 MHz for the introduction of new technologies, such as power-line communications (PLC). The proposed PLC systems are designed to increase data to megabits per second, offering high speed Internet access. Interference to amateur radio operators and shortwave listeners is considered
  • Keywords
    Internet; carrier transmission on power lines; frequency allocation; legislation; radiofrequency interference; Germany; Internet access; amateur-radio operators; interference; power-line communications; shortwave listeners; Computer networks; Frequency shift keying; Home computing; Interference; Large-scale systems; Printers; Programmable control; Telecommunications; Wires; Wiring;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Antennas and Propagation Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1045-9243
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/74.979385
  • Filename
    979385