Broadband Services on Power Line Communication Systems: A Review

Abstract

This paper is present an overview of broadband over power lines services, in terms of work method, features, defects, spread, bandwidth, future challenges, etc. That the broadband over power line (BPL), also it's sometimes called power line communications (PLC) is technology that allows transferring of voice and Internet data over power lines. Due to the rapid evolution of the Internet and the broadband communication systems, the technology of BPL has developed rapidly over the past few years. The review of previous research papers, showed there are many challenges facing applications of this technology, such as attenuation, reflection, noise and security and etc. Despite these challenges, BPL is a promising, reliable and efficient technology for broadband services and communications, and can provide value-added services such as Internet, voice, video and other applications, in the near future, BPL may be an alternative effective and competitive for communications companies to provide BPL services on a large scale and at low cost.