Hybrid MV - LV Power Lines and White Light Emitting Diodes for Triple - Play Broadband Access

Home users are in need for broadband-communications access globally. Broadband power-line transmission has advanced throughout the last decade, and it is going to be a mature last-mile access in the near future. Meanwhile, indoor optical wireless communications through lighting LEDs has been investigated recently. Suitable channel models are proposed for each of these systems, and the corresponding transmission capacity values are calculated. It is shown that a combination of these two technologies makes an efficient method for fulfilling the premise of broadband access for home networking while providing efficient and low-cost lighting.