strike up the bandwidth

摘要

To unlock the full potential of smart grid investments, electric co-ops are adopting innovative strategies for upgrading their communication networks. When it comes to moving the vast amounts of information harvested from advanced metering infrastructure (AMI), Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems, and automated down-line equipment, the perfect communications vehicle has yet to appear. Conventional powerline carrier (PLC) schemes, although highly reliable, sometimes struggle to meet throughput capacity and latency (speed) requirements associated with increased back-and-forth data traffic. As a result, growing numbers of electric co-ops are building hybrid communication networks that blend PLC with radio frequency (RF) wireless capabilities as well as wired, fiber, or commercially owned and operated services. Often, the choice boils down to terrain.