Saying broadband over power lines (BPL) held great potential for ...
Saying broadband over power lines (BPL) held great potential for innovation and competition, NTIA urged the FCC to expeditiously complete its BPL inquiry but cautioned that the Commission should ensure that all communications services, especially federal operations, were adequately…
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protected from interference. Federal agencies had more than 18,000 frequency assignments in the 1.7-80 MHz spectrum in which BPL systems might radiate unintentionally, it said. NTIA said it had started modeling and analysis of interference potential of BPL that included research on technical studies and measurement efforts undertaken throughout the world as well as regulatory approaches in other countries. The NTIA’s Institute for Telecom Science (ITS) also was taking measurements of experimental BPL systems, it said, and the measurements will provide guidelines for development of compliance measurement procedures that it believes will be key in ensuring compatibility with federal systems. The model and analysis project is expected to be completed by the end of the year, NTIA said, and the findings will be submitted to the FCC: “We urge the Commission to consider those findings as it moves ahead with successive stages of the BPL proceedings.”