Broadband services provision in powerline communications of developing countries

Author

Anatory, J. ; Kissaka, M.M. ; Mvungi, N.H.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electr. & Comput. Syst. Eng., Dar es Salaam Univ., Tanzania

fYear

2005

fDate

6-8 April 2005

Firstpage

376

Lastpage

380

Abstract

Recently it has been identified that powerline network is the promise cost effective for broadband accessibility compared to competitors technology. Since, powerline channel has been designed to provide electricity, using it for broadband communication various issues have to be addressed. These include channel characterization, noise, modulation to be used, coding etc. The topology of powerline network affects the transfer characteristics of the channel. In this paper, the powerline channel problems have been modeled for utilization by broadband access. In addition different techniques such as application of modulation, and coding have been addressed and the simulation results have been discussed.

Keywords

broadband networks; carrier transmission on power lines; electromagnetic interference; modulation; telecommunication channels; telecommunication services; broadband access; broadband communication; broadband services provision; channel characterization; coding; developing countries; modulation; powerline channel; powerline communications; powerline network topology; Africa; Bandwidth; Cellular networks; Costs; Electromagnetic compatibility; GSM; Internet telephony; Modulation coding; Telecommunication network topology; Transformers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Line Communications and Its Applications, 2005 International Symposium on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8844-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISPLC.2005.1430534

Filename

1430534