Wireless-broadband over power lines networks: A promising broadband solution in rural areas

2009 IEEE Bucharest PowerTech: Innovative Ideas Toward the Electrical Grid of the Future

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Tsiropoulos, Georgios I ^a   Sarafi, Angeliki M ^a   Cottis, Panayotis G ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Broadband over Power Lines (BPL); Power supply grid; Quality of Service (QoS)

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND ACCESS; BROADBAND COMMUNICATION; BROADBAND OVER POWER LINES; COMMUNICATION SIGNALS; END USERS; GRID QUALITY; HYBRID APPROACH; HYBRID SOLUTION; MEDIUM VOLTAGE; NEW PROJECTS; POWER GRIDS; POWER SUPPLY; REMOTE AREAS; RURAL AND REMOTE AREAS; SMART GRID; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES;

ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION NETWORKS; NETWORK PERFORMANCE; POWER GENERATION; QUALITY CONTROL; RURAL AREAS; TELECOMMUNICATION LINES; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

WIRELESS NETWORKS;

EID: 74949096142     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PTC.2009.5282200     Document Type: Conference Paper

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