Large scale broadband over powerline field trial on medium voltage overhead circuits

Author

Arteaga, C.M. ; Yang, Y.J.

Author_Institution

Global Technol. Services/IBM, Armonk, NY

fYear

2008

fDate

2-4 April 2008

Firstpage

289

Lastpage

292

Abstract

This paper presents the results of a large scale field trial conducted over a period of 18+ months for a broadband over powerline communications system in a medium voltage overhead distribution network. Specifically, this infrastructure was designed to provide high speed bi-directional communications for electric utility devices in an intelligent grid environment supporting voltage and current sensors, remote controlled pole top switches and electric meter collection devices, among others.

Keywords

carrier transmission on power lines; power distribution lines; power overhead lines; electric utility devices; high speed bidirectional communications; intelligent grid environment; large scale broadband; medium voltage overhead circuits; medium voltage overhead distribution network; powerline field trial; Bidirectional control; Broadband communication; Circuits; Communication system control; Intelligent sensors; Large-scale systems; Medium voltage; Power industry; Switches; Voltage control; BPL; PLC; access broadband over powerline communications; field trial MV circuit;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Line Communications and Its Applications, 2008. ISPLC 2008. IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Jeju city, Jeju Island

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1975-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1976-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISPLC.2008.4510441

Filename

4510441