Research Article

Review and Progress towards the Capacity Boost of Overhead and Underground Medium-Voltage and Low-Voltage Broadband over Power Lines Networks: Cooperative Communications through Two- and Three-Hop Repeater Systems

Table 3

Overall capacity of conventional distribution BPL networks (OV: overhead; UN: underground).

Urban case AUrban case BSuburban caseRural case“LOS” case
Capacity
(Mbps)
Capacity
(Mbps)
Capacity
(Mbps)
Capacity
(Mbps)
Capacity
(Mbps)

OVMVWtG1621493743895905
WtW1-2485378594743750
UNMVStP18317009069821066
PtP1-2714595782851928
OVLVWtG1633502752906912
WtW1-2485378593741749
UNLVStP118701656197420782179
PtP1-216521440175818631961