WORLDWIDE MARKET RESEARCH REPORT - CISE

EC/IST FP6 Project No 026920
Work Package: 6
Type of document: Report
Date: 20.12.2007
File name: OP_WP6_D37_V1.0.doc Version: 1.0
Title: Worldwide Market Research Report 259 / 356
Pilot Projects
Early pilot projects took place in Seoul and Kangwon Province (LV and MV networks) for
office and private buildings, light control on the Seo-Hae Bridge (7.3 km length), an
underground tunnel power control system and the construction of the trial access test-bed
for Internet using a high speed PLC modem. The latter represented a test to overcome the
last mile.
The findings of these PLC pilot projects were:
• PLC works on MV lines
• a test-bed was constructed for AMR after successful tests
• PLC is efficient to network for Power Automation of Utility (under 34.4 Kbps)
• Kepri will lead the study of further implementation in Korea
• the success of PLC will be determined by the ability to commercialize the technology
The subsequent development of PLC in Korea are described in section 5.5.3.2.
By 2002, low-speed BPL has been allowed in Japan for a number of years, but had not
enjoyed broad acceptance.
In mid-2004, Japan commenced nine high-speed Internet trials using powerlines for
transmission at between 2MHz and 30MHz. It is anticipated that the trial, which was set to
end in March 2005, would lead to the introduction of commercial services some time in 2006.
Electromagnetic radiation leakage, radio interference problems and regulatory issues have
held Japan back behind Europe and the US in BPL development, but ongoing work on
frequencies and the introduction of various technologies has helped to partially overcome
these problems. Strong opponents of BPL have been and continue to be amateur radio
operators (see section 5.5.3.3.4.).