A feasibility study of PLC technology for digital inclusion

Author

De Souza, Jorge A M ; Da Silva, Marcelino S. ; Francês, Carlos R L ; Costa, João C W A ; Segatto, Marcelo E V ; Antonio, Flavio R. ; Vijaykumar, Nandamudi L.

Author_Institution

Fed. Univ. of Para, Para

fYear

2006

fDate

3-6 Sept. 2006

Firstpage

410

Lastpage

415

Abstract

In the current national scene, many actions point at projects of digital inclusion and citizenship. In this context, providing access technologies as a requisite for the implementation of these actions is primordial. In this way, many innovative experiences have been presented in the past few years. This paper presents a study on the powerline communication - PLC technology; as a proposal for a feasible access network for Brazilian Amazon. First, the characteristics of the PLC technology are studied from an implanted indoor prototype at Federal University of Para. The measures used in this prototype serve as input for a created model, from which it is intended to study the system more widely, considering factors such as: scalability, reliability and the physical characteristics.

Keywords

carrier transmission on power lines; Brazilian Amazon; Federal University of Para; PLC technology; digital inclusion; feasible access network; powerline communication; Communications technology; Computer network reliability; Context; Electronic mail; Laboratories; Layout; Power supplies; Programmable control; Prototypes; Space technology; Computer network performance; access technologies; digital inclusion; powerline communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Telecommunications Symposium, 2006 International

Conference_Location

Fortaleza, Ceara

Print_ISBN

978-85-89748-04-9

Electronic_ISBN

978-85-89748-04-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITS.2006.4433308

Filename

4433308