Powerline Broadband Usecases

Mon Sep 27 21:24:17 UTC 2021

On 9/27/21 1:35 PM, JORDI PALET MARTINEZ via NANOG wrote:
>
> It may be still interesting in some remote areas if you can bring 
> fiber to the nearest medium to low voltage transformer.
>
> The company that designed the chip set (DS2, a Spanish company), was 
> acquired by Marvell 
> (https://www.marvell.com/company/newsroom/marvell-acquires-ds2-technology.html 
> <https://www.marvell.com/company/newsroom/marvell-acquires-ds2-technology.html>). 
> I’m sure that they have many products (semiconductors) as a result of 
> what we did in the project, but I don’t know the status, which are 
> used in in-home PLC for sure. However, I’m not sure if there are many 
> device providers using them for PLC services, CPEs, etc.
>
>

Very topically for California is whether there would be enough bandwidth 
to provide remote sensors on power poles, like heat, IR shots, circuit 
open, etc. A couple thousand every pole or two would probably be way 
cheaper than undergrounding which has its own set of issue.

Mike

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