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 4

Overall capacity of distribution BPL topologies with two-hop repeater systems (OV: overhead; UN: underground).

		Urban case A		Urban case B		Suburban case		Rural case		“LOS” case
		Capacity (Mbps)	Repeater distance (m)	Capacity (Mbps)	Repeater distance (m)	Capacity (Mbps)	Repeater distance (m)	Capacity (Mbps)	Repeater distance (m)	Capacity (Mbps)	Repeater distance (m)
OVMV	WtG^1	672	780	601	530	760	500	918	600	922	500
	WtW^1-2	537	780	475	530	607	900	757	590	761	500
UNMV	StP^1	1333	120	872	170	1362	130	1626	90	1693	100
	PtP^1-2	1164	120	746	170	1193	130	1456	90	1523	100
OVLV	WtG^1	679	800	610	550	766	500	924	600	928	500
	WtW^1-2	538	800	474	550	608	900	756	600	761	500
UNLV	StP^1	1959	170	1739	170	2058	150	2201	60	2258	100
	PtP^1-2	1773	170	1541	170	1866	150	2017	60	2067	100