2007 Global BPL - Utilities Moving Towards Broadbanded Smart Grids

• Subjects covered include:
• BPL trends and developments;
• Smart Grids and Energy Management;
• Multi-utility market;
• BPL deployment;
• Home Plug and Demand Side Management (DSM);
• Regional Overview;
• Technical information including architecture, standards, access systems and interference.

1. BPL TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENTS

1.1 Trends and developments

1.1.1 Introduction

1.1.2 Overview

1.1.3 BPL SWOT analysis

1.1.4 Selecting the right business model

1.1.5 Utilities as telcos

1.1.6 Third broadband network into the home

1.1.7 The market in 2007 - full circle for utilities telecoms

1.1.8 Other developments

1.1.9 Forecasting BPL

1.1.10 Difficulty in developing a global standard

1.1.11 Vendor examples

1.2 Smart grids and energy management

1.2.1 Introduction

1.2.2 What is a smart grid?

1.2.3 Current grid outmoded and outdated

1.2.4 Old technologies, and no young engineers

1.2.5 The reality of global warming

1.2.6 Demand in energy bigger than ever before

1.2.7 Trillions to be spent on electricity grids

1.2.8 Global warming and energy saving

1.2.9 Carbon trading will facilitate smart grids

1.2.10 Background on GridWise

2. MULTI-UTILITY MARKET

2.1 The need to expand beyond electricity

2.2 Electricity broadband - a comparison

2.3 Various business models

2.4 Multi-services companies

2.5 Utilities important factor in facilities-based telecoms competition

2.6 UtiliTel national infrastructure cooperation

2.7 Start with existing network

2.8 Broadbanding of local communities

2.9 Utilities slowly but surely moving forward

2.10 Conclusions

3. HOMEPLUG AND DEMAND SIDE MANAGEMENT

3.1 Introduction

3.2 HomePlug

3.2.1 Introduction

3.2.2 Every socket a telco outlet

3.2.3 Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM)

3.2.4 56 bit DES

3.2.5 Interoperability

3.2.6 Reach - with and beyond each home

3.2.7 HomePlug Powerline Alliance

3.3 Demand Side Management/Energy Management services

3.3.1 Introduction

3.3.2 Definition and overview of services

3.3.3 Changes in society

3.3.4 BPL for home automation services

3.3.5 DSM applications for residential users

3.4 Smart meters should be based on broadband - analysis

3.4.1 Introduction

3.4.2 Decision-making time

3.4.3 Smart meters or smart networks?

3.4.4 Demand-side management

3.4.5 PLC and BPL

3.4.6 Smart solutions = smart national benefits

3.5 Other uses of utilities for broadband transmission

3.5.1 SewerLine

3.5.2 Broadband-in-gas

4. REGIONAL OVERVIEW

4.1 Introduction

4.1.1 Utilities - the new force in telecoms

4.1.2 Brief overview of selected global developments - 2007

4.2 North America

4.2.1 USA

4.2.2 Canada

4.3 Latin America

4.3.1 Overview

4.3.2 Chile

4.3.3 Mexico

4.3.4 Brazil

4.3.5 Argentina

4.3.6 Ecuador

4.3.7 Costa Rica

4.4 Europe

4.4.1 Western Europe

4.4.2 Eastern Europe

4.5 Africa / Middle East

4.5.1 Africa

4.5.2 Middle East

4.6 Asia

4.6.1 Asia market overview

4.6.2 Japan

4.6.3 South Korea

4.6.4 China

4.6.5 Hong Kong

4.6.6 Singapore

4.6.7 Taiwan

4.6.8 Malaysia

4.7 Pacific region

4.7.1 Australia

5. TECHNOLOGY

5.1 Architecture and techniques

5.1.1 Introduction

5.1.2 Power infrastructure architectures

5.1.3 BPL techniques and architectures

5.1.4 Propagation, attenuation, isolation and crosstalk

5.1.5 Frequencies and modulation techniques

5.2 Standards and HomePlug PLC

5.2.1 Introduction

5.2.2 Technical standards

5.2.3 HomePlug

5.3 OPERA, DS2 BPL and co-existence

5.3.1 DS2

5.3.2 The EU OPERA project

5.3.3 Practical data rates

5.3.4 Market requirements for access BPL and in-home PLC

5.4 BPL access systems

5.4.1 Commercial BPL systems

5.4.2 Trials and commercial deployment

5.5 Interference and challenges

5.5.1 Introduction

5.5.2 Interference

5.5.3 A Critical view: considering alternatives

5.5.4 Barriers and challenges

5.5.5 Electricity Supply Board of Ireland critique