Carrier-wave telephony over power lines- early history

2007 IEEE Conference on the History of Electric Power, HEP 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 244-254

  Schwartz, Mischa ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

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EID: 52249114478     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HEP.2007.4510271     Document Type: Conference Paper

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