PLC Technologies | Powerline Technologies
This page covers PLC (Powerline) technologies.The PLC technologies covered are Lonworks, KNX, IEC, PRIME, INSTEON, HomePlug, UPB, X10, A10, WPC, PLM-1, SITRED, G3 Lite, LF NB OFDM G3 PLC etc.
Following table mentions frequency bands, modulation type and organization responsible for these PLC technologies. The table compares these PLC technologies and provides difference between them.
Refer CENELEC Frequency Bands which describes CELENEC Band A, CELENEC Band B, CELENEC Band C and CENELEC band D.
PLC technologies | Frequency Band | Modulation Type | Organization |
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Lonworks | 86KHz and 75.453 KHz, 125-140KHz , Fc =131.579 KHz, CENELEC A, B, C | BPSK/NRZ | ISO/IEC, ANSI, LonMark |
KNX | PL 110 (95 to 125 KHz , Fc =110 KHz ) , PL 132 (125 to 140 KHz, Fc =132.5 KHz ) | S-FSK/NRZ | ISO/IEC, BS |
IEC | CENELEC A, 20-95 KHz | S-FSK | IEC TC57, WG09 |
PRIME | CENELEC A (approx.42 to 89 KHz ), capable upto 500 KHz | OFDM/DBPSK, DQPSK, D8PSK | nSyscom , ADD, STM, TI |
INSTEON | 131.65 KHz | BPSK | INSTEON alliance |
HomePlug | FCC (120 to 400KHz) , CENELEC A, B | Single carrier spread spectrum, DCSK6, DCSK4 | HomePlug Alliance |
UPB | 4 to 40 KHz | PPM | PCS |
X10 | 120 KHz | OOK | Pico Electronics |
A10 | 120 KHz | OOK | ACT |
WPC | 1.7 to 4 MHz | Pulse Modulation | Watteco |
PLM-1 | 50 to 500 KHz, 262 KHz expected | FSK/NRZ | Ariane Controls |
SITRED | CENELEC A, 20 KHz -95 KHz | S-FSK | ENEL |
G3 Lite | 10 to 490 KHz , CENELEC FCC | OFDM | Maxim |
LF NB OFDM G3 PLC | 35.9 to 90.6 KHz, CENELEC-A | OFDM/DBPSK, DQPSK | Maxim, ERDF, TI |
PLC-Power Line Technologies related links
• INSTEON - Basics of INSTEON technology used in IoT
• X10 - Basics of X10 technology
• KNX - Basics of KNX technology for home automation
• HomePlug - Basics of HomePlug and various versions
• Lonworks - Basics of Lonworks technology
• UPB - Basics of Universal Powerline Bus technology
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