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| Project description CENTELLES-PLC is a pilot test to set up a telecommunications network in the town of Centelles. www.centelles.org Since the beginning of the 20th century, Centelles has its own power supply system. Now, at the beginning of the 21st century, electrical technology applied to telecommunications allows the provision of telecommunications services over power lines. This technology, known as PLC (Power Line Communications) and also as BPL (Broad Band Communications) in the USA, was firstly designed for internal data transmission in electricity companies and has developed into a viable, high-quality alternative to deliver broadband services to end users. Regarding the development of this technology, CENTELLES-PLC project is a great achievement, provided that the first network using second-generation technology will be established in Centelles, with five times faster data access than previous systems, and supporting high-quality voice services. This pilot test aims to check the operation of the system in a mixed urban structure, consisting of apartment buildings (vertical design) as well as single-family homes (horizontal design). |
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