Broadband over Power Line (UK)

1GB BPL data and the signal is delivered by the light bulb.

My new favourite person is Dr. Mohsen Kavehrad from Penn State Univ. He’s W.L. Weiss professor of electrical engineering and director of the Center for Information and Communications Technology Research.

His research had already shown that unshielded power lines have a theoretical data transmit limit of about 1GB per sec, which should be enough. You can see an interview with him here;

http://cictr.ee.psu.edu/CICTRnews/paio20050309.wmv ... he looks like a proper prof.

But better still, he’s now shown how we can use “white light” LEDs to transmit data at over a GB per sec. So in future we might have LED lighting systems that use almost no energy and not only do they light your room but they also contain a GB+ data signal within the light beam.

Here's the news story
http://live.psu.edu/story/15411
Here's the academic paper
http://cictr.ee.psu.edu/research/wc/IEC-White-LED-Triple-Play.pdf

that’s very, very smart stuff.

I really like this fella.....

posted by Energy Broadband @ 8:21 AM