
The network engineering study aims at identifying the following characteristics
in particular:
•
Structure of the buildings (size of the rooms, raceway possibilities, materials
of the walls for radio transmission, and so forth);
•
Existing networks (private telephone networks connecting several buildings
of a site, cable TV networks, and so forth);
•
Electrical network mapping and position of the circuit breaker panel;
•
Expected network performance for applications (transit time, latency, jitter,
and so forth);
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Table 13.2 Comparison Between the Various Network Technologies
NETWORK
TECHNOLOGY
COST DISADVANTAGES ADVANTAGES
Ethernet cable
(CAT5 100baseT)
High –Raceway
–Cable cost
–Guaranteed QoS
–Increased security (RJ-45 connector
access control, filtering)
–Guaranteed throughput
–Power supply by PoE
Wi-Fi
(IEEE 802.11g)
Average –Radio coverage study
–WPA and AES encryption
implementation
–Required RADIUS server
–Non guaranteed QoS
–Network open-endedness
–Mobility and handover
–ToIP on Wi-Fi
–Hybrid network with wired backbone
Cable TV High if
raceway
–Raceway
–Potentially shared medium
requiring authentication
–Possibility to use existing cables
–Guaranteed QoS
–Difficult access to physical medium
Optical fiber
(plastic fiber)
High –Raceway
–Cost of active devices
–Very high throughput
–Noise immunity
–Ideal for wired backbone
–Difficult access to physical medium
HomePlug Turbo
PLC
Average –Requires site and electrical
network engineering study
–Requires good knowledge of
the electrical network
–Difficult access for some
device locations
–High useful throughput
–Easy configuration
–Network open-endedness
–Possible temporary network
–Medium security
–Several VLAN on same electrical
network
HomePlug AV PLC –Requires good knowledge
–of the electrical hazards
–Useful throughput for HD video
applications
–Guaranteed QoS
–Coexistence with other HomePlug
1.0 and Turbo devices
–Compliance with electromagnetic
immunities
–Hybrid PLC/Wi-Fi networks
Telephone cable High if
raceway
–Public telephone cable
belonging to France
Télécom
–Use of existing cables
–High and guaranteed throughput
–Guaranteed QoS
–Physical medium security
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