Evaluating BPL Communication: A Simulation Approach

Abstract

In recent years BPL (Broadband over Power-line) technology is becoming more used. Despite the technology not needing any additional cable installation it is important to make sure that using the technology itself makes sense or what the needed requirements will be. Due to this reason, we opt to simulate almost real scenarios and compare them with outputs from network simulator ns-3. This way we can recognize the usefulness of our efforts even before we make any plans to install anything, which saves time and money. Furthermore, we can use the same simulator for diagnostics of already installed BPL routes.