Power Line Communications in the Austrian Press
On April 25, 2018 an article appeared on the Austrian newspaper Der Standard. It is about PLC…the least publicized, most mysterious and most underestimated communications technology. The [...]
Workshop on Future Smart Grids 26-27 February 2018
The Workshop on Future Smart Grid Technologies (WSGT 18) will be held at the Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt on 26-27 February 2018. The workshop is an international premier event where to [...]
Grid Maintenance: Easing the Harsh Job with Diagnostics
An extremely relevant task is to grant safety, reliability and uninterrupted availability of transmission and distribution power grids. In one word, maintenance is fundamental in power grids. [...]
Andrea Tonello Interviewed for Ad Astra about PLC
Andrea Tonello interviewed by Katharina Tischler-Banfield for ad astra Power Line Communication (PLC) uses electricity cables to transmit data. Andrea M. Tonello, professor at the [...]
Why You Should Consider the Uptake of PLC Technology
This post is an excerpt from an article appeared in ESI Africa magazine. With the use of ubiquitous PLC, reduced deployment time and costs as well as increased maintenance planning are [...]
Smart Grid Technology Project: from Research to Teaching
The Alpen-Adria-Universität is partner of a new three years project “Smart Grid Technology” that aims at the development of a master program in smart grid technology through the [...]
Improved EMC with Cyclic Filter Bank Modulation in PLC
Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) aspects in the context of Power Line Communication (PLC) systems are of great importance. In the paper “EMC Regulations and Spectral Constraints for [...]
Can we Derive the Topology of a Smart Grid ?
“Can we derive the topology of a wireline grid and more in particular of a smart grid ? This is the question that I asked to myself”, prof. Tonello says. Why is the topology knowledge [...]