Articles,
including papers & presentations
by members of the InovaTech team
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Broadband Over Power Line Comes of Age
Author: Michael Kennedy
This 4 page paper compares two methods of delivering broadband internet access: Broadband Power Line communications (BPL) and Digital Subscriber Line (DSL).
Powering up a new kind of broadband
Author: Jim Duffy, Network World, Sept 12, 2005
"It still registers barely a blip on the broadband radar screen. But momentum is
starting to build behind broadband over powerline as a viable high-speed
Internet access alternative. In the past three months a handful of significant
events have occurred:
• A $100 million investment in Current Communications, a
Cincinnati BPL service provider, by Google and others.
• IBM's participation in a
pilot project with CenterPoint Energy to offer BPL service to 220 homes in the
Houston area.
• And work within the IEEE to create a standard - called P1901 - to
define an efficient BPL channel over AC power lines."
Broadband Internet Access in OECD Countries: A Comparative Analysis
Author: Sherille Ismail & Irene Wu
This 24 page paper reviews the policy experience of a selection of OECD countries relating to the promotion of broadband internet access, including a summary of key developments, the impact of regulatory policy and the competitive environment.
Clear Advantage Broadband Costing Study
Authors: Mary Egan, Raymond Salmon, Bevan Smith, Robin Eckermann & Ronald Watts.
This 180 page report was commissioned by the NSW Department of Communications, Information Technology & The Arts, in Nov 2003 to examine the feasibility of a range of "last mile" technologies for residential broadband access, including Hybrid Fibre Coax, DSL, Fibre to the home, Power Line Communications, Fixed Wireless and 2 way satellite.
Proceedings of Australian PLC Roundtable 2003
Author: Paul Budde Communications Ltd.
This document is a record of proceedings of Utilitel, an industry forum for Australian electricity utilities. InovaTech addressed the forum as recognised experts in the field.
(South African) Electronics News Digest: 19 Nov 2003
Extract from article mentioning the pilot by Tshwane Municipality of PLC systems supplied by InovaTech.
Wavelet Based Feature Extraction and Multiple Classifiers for Electricity Fraud Detection
Author: Rong Jiang, Harry Tagaris & Andrei Lachsz
This 6 page paper considers the application of efficient intelligent power metering to detect and defeat electricity consumer dishonesty.
Author: John David
A 9 page white paper outlining the technical requirements for Power Line Communications technologies in Power Utilities, and the application of InovaTech products by power utility infrastructure managers to detect and prevent fraud, cost effectively manage energy delivery and create new revenue sources.
A Review of PLC Emissions Standards
Author: Harry Tagaris
A 27 page review of current and proposed standards applying to emissions from PLC equipment.