SAMBA project: A test bed for PLC application as a digital inclusion tool

Author

Martucci, M. ; Hirakawa, Andre Riyuiti ; De Oliveira Jatoba, Pedro Luiz

Author_Institution

Escola Politec., Dept. de Eng. de Comput. e Sist. Digitais, Univ. de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo

fYear

2008

fDate

2-4 April 2008

Firstpage

285

Lastpage

288

Abstract

This paper aims to present an overview of the project conducted inside of the framework of the SAMBA project funded by the European Commission and the architectural solution for the return channel (RC), based on PLC, needed to implement the interactivity in the services delivered by digital television. The PLC technology was adopted due to its easy implementation and capillarity, especially for regions with low-income people and not covered by ADSL, cable or other communication infrastructure. Services implemented in the SAMBA include e-health, e-government and e-learning. As contribution, the paper presents the architecture proposal for PLC-RC and the requirements and constraints considered.

Keywords

Internet; carrier transmission on power lines; interactive television; mobile television; European commission; PLC application; SAMBA project; digital inclusion tool; digital television; e-government; e-health; e-learning; return channel; Cable TV; Communications technology; Costs; Data communication; Digital TV; Electronic learning; Government; Power systems; Programmable control; Testing; Interactive Digital TV; Interactive Services; PLC; Return Channel;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Line Communications and Its Applications, 2008. ISPLC 2008. IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Jeju city, Jeju Island

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1975-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1976-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISPLC.2008.4510440

Filename

4510440