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Markus Rindchen, Power Plus Communications AG, Mannheim

Ninth Workshop on Power Line Communications, 21-22 September, 2015, Klagenfurt, Austria

An Overview on global Power Line Standards and European EMC Certification

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Global Power Line Standards

Narrowband and broadband standards

Three flavours and their commercial impact

European EMC Certification

EMC directive

Certification walk through

Conclusions


Global Power Line Standards Broadband and narrowband standards

PLC Standards

Narrowband

IEEE 1901.2

(Netricity)

ITU-T G.9903

(G3)

ITU-T G.9904

(PRIME)

Broadband

IEEE 1901

ITU-T G.9960 (G.hn)

ISO/IEC 12139-1

f < 500 kHz f > 1500 kHz


Broadband Power Line StandardsThree flavours of broadband

• 2 MACs In-home and access

• 2 PHYs FFT OFDM / Wavelet OFDM

• ISP for coexistence

IEEE 1901IEEE Standard for Broadband over

Power Line Networks: Medium Access Control and Physical Layer

Specifications

• 1 MAC In-home

• 1 PHY FFT OFDM for different media

• ISP for coexistence

ITU-T G.9960

Unified high-speed wireline-based home networking transceivers -

System architecture and physical layer specification

• 1 MAC In-home and access

• 1 PHY 2 – 23 MHz OFDM

• No ISP

IEC 12139-1Information technology --

Telecommunications and information exchange between systems -- Powerline communication (PLC) -- High speed PLC

medium access control (MAC) and physical layer (PHY) -- Part 1: General requirements


Broadband Power Line StandardsThree flavours and their commercial impact

90%

5%

3%2%

Market share in %

IEEE 1901 ITU-T G.hn

IEC 12139-1 Other

Estimated1 200 million BPL devices sold until 2015

IEEE 1901 based devices

~95% FFT OFDM

~5% Wavelet OFDM

1) Screen digest and HPA


Global Power Line Standards

Narrowband and broadband standards

Three flavours and their commercial impact


EMC directive

Certification walk through

Conclusions



European Commission’s objective for European Market

New Legislative Framework

Improve internal market for goods

Strengthen conditions for placing a wide range of products

Improve market surveillance

Boost quality of conformity assessment

Clarify use of CE marking

Directives as central tool to reach goals

EMC directive 2004/108/EC:

THE starting point of all activities concerning EMC

Single market – better regulation


European EMC CertificationImpact of the EMC Directive

EMC directive

Essential requirements

National Legislation

EMC standardi-

zation

EMC certification

Notified Bodies

Market surveillance


European EMC CertificationAspects for certification

Essential requirements

Protection requirements – ANNEX I

Equipment has to be state of the art

Protection of radio and telecommunications equipment

Appropriate level of immunity

Create state of the art standards

Address new technologies

Adopt existing standards to new requirements

Create technology neutral requirements

EMC standardi-

zation

Two ways to show compliance to directive

ANNEX II+IV – Harmonized standards and production control

ANNEX II-IV – ANNEX II + TCF and Notified Body

Documentation and CE declaration part of compliance

EMC certification


European EMC CertificationWalk through according to ANNEX II and IV

Attest compliance

Hold for 10 years after last production

Have technical documentation available

e.g. ISO 9001 certified pro-duction site

Ensure Production

Quality

Draft technical documentation

Include Test reports

Technical Documentation

Harmonized standard

Test reports

EMC assessment

CE Marking


European EMC CertificationWalk through according to ANNEX II to IV

Attest compliance

Hold for 10 years after last production

Have technical documentation available

CE Marking

e.g. ISO 9001 certified production site

Ensure Production

Quality

Assess TCF + measure-mentmethods

When no harmonized standard is used

Issue certificate

Draft TCF

Test reports

Description of alternative test method

Harmonized standards and other test options

Test reports

EMC assessment

Notified BodyTechnical Documentation


European EMC Standards

Harmonized PLC and BPL related EMC standards:

EN 50065 - Signalling on low-voltage electrical installations in the frequency range 3

kHz to 148,5 kHz - Part 1: General requirements, frequency bands and

electromagnetic disturbances

EN 50561-1:2013 - Power line communication apparatus used in low-voltage

installations - Radio disturbance characteristics - Limits and methods of measurement

- Part 1: Apparatus for in-home use

EN 50412-2-1 - Power line communication apparatus and systems used in low-voltage

installations in the frequency range 1,6 MHz to 30 MHz - Part 2-1: Residential,

commercial and industrial environment - Immunity requirements

Work in progress:

EN 50561-2 - Power line telecommunications modems - Radio disturbance

characteristics - Limits and methods of measurement - Part 2: Modems for access

networks

Harmonized and work in progress


Conclusions

BPL chip set ecosystems

IEEE 1901 provides the healthiest ecosystem of BPL chip sets

Mature standard, very well adapted technology

Broad support in the industry

European EMC certification provides clear framework

EMC certification for broadband power line is no issue

Different ways to achieve the same goal

EMC certification is a formality

Ecosystem and EMC certification


Questions?

Power Plus Communications AG • Am Exerzierplatz 2 • 68167 Mannheim • Germany • www.ppc-ag.com

Markus Rindchen, PPC

Phone: +49 621 40165-213

Fax: +49 621 40165-111

Email: [email protected]


Thank you!

Power Plus Communications AG • Am Exerzierplatz 2 • 68167 Mannheim • Germany • www.ppc-ag.com

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