Powerline Telecommunications Plugtests

The Powerline Telecommunications Plugtests aims at performing 2 different type of tests to include:

PHY-Measurements
The objective of the “PHY-Measurements” set of tests is to measure the noise level radiated by the PLT devices on the DSL line for various types of cables, various lengths and spaces between the PLT and DSL cables. The background noise is measured at the end of the copper pair simulating the in-door telephone wiring.

Performance tests
The objective of the "Performance tests" is to check for each PLT device the impact of:
- the type of in-house DSL & PLT cables,
- the length & space between DSL and PLT cables,
- the location of the PLT-device,
- the DSL splitter type (in-line filters vs. master splitters),
- the presence (or not) of a PLT filter,
on both the VDSL2 and the PLT links, by analysing the PHY layer VDSL2 and PLT statistics, and by measuring the impact of each topology on a HD video stream coming from the VDSL2 access network and distributed from the VDSL2 IAD to the set-top box using PLT devices.

A detailed schedule will be made available upon the registration closure and when the number of participants will be known.

The test plan for the PLT interoperability event is available here.

On completion of the PLT Plugtests an ETSI (TR) Technical Report will be prepared and published summarizing the outcome of the event.