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Recent Experience with BPL
•Systems installed on overhead distribution lines
with
relatively few (i.e., fewer than roughly 1
per 100 m)
installed connected devices have
attenuation rates
of approximately 30 dB/km.
•The maximum distance between repeaters for
these
same systems is approximately 600 m for a
data
rate of 10 Mbps.
•Underground distribution lines usually have 3x
the
attenuation rate but substantially less
noise.
Note: This information is for systems that
meet US FCC
numerical emission standards