Broadband Powerline Communications News
July 2005

Specifications submitted to ETSI PLT and IEEE BPL Standards Working Group

19th July 2005 - New York, New York. Today, the Universal Powerline Association (UPA) announces that it has published a paper of proposed specifications entitled, “Powerline Communication Systems - Access/In-home & In-home/In-home coexistence mechanism - General specifications.” The proposed specifications are intended to be the starting point for the work of standards setting bodies, including the IEEE and ETSI.

Amperion, Inc., the leading provider of Broadband over Power Line (BPL) technology, today announced the award of its 31st and newest patent. The US Patent and Trade Mark Office issued Patent Number 6,885,674, ‘Communications System for providing broadband communications using medium voltage cable of a power system.’