VOLUME I - TECHNICAL REPORT (complete) (Acrobat PDF 1,593 Kb)

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Acknowledgements
Preface
Executive Summary
Table of Contents
Glossary

SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background
1.2 Objectives
1.3 Approach

SECTION 2 PART 15 MEASUREMENT GUIDELINES
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Power Line Models Used in the Analysis
2.3 Measurement Antenna Height
2.3.1 Height Corresponding to Peak Field Strength
2.3.2 Peak Electric Field Strength at the Compliance Measurement Heights
2.3.3 Antenna Measurement Height Correction Factor above 30 MHz
2.4 Measurement Distance Along the Power Line
2.5 Measurement Distance Extrapolation
2.5.1 New Approach for Distance Extrapolation
2.5.2 Calculated Electric Field Strength Decay for Distance Extrapolation
2.6 Use of Loop Antenna Below 30 MHz
2.7 Measurement Antenna Polarization
2.8 Guidelines for Choosing Representative Systems
2.9 Summary

SECTION 3 SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR PREVENTION OF INTERFERENCE FROM BPL SYSTEMS
3.1 Introduction
3.1.1 Background
3.2 Potential Victim Receivers
3.2.1 Communications Receivers
3.2.2 Radar Receivers
3.2.3 Radioastronomy Receivers
3.3 Potential Sources of Interference
3.3.1 Overhead Power Line Model
3.3.2 Underground Power Line Model
3.3.3 Part 15 Scaling of Power Line Models
3.4 Analytical Approach
3.4.1 Communications Receivers
3.4.2 Radar Receivers
3.4.3 Radioastronomy Receivers
3.5 Simulation Results
3.5.1 Communications Receivers
3.5.2 Radar Receivers
3.5.3 Radioastronomy Receivers
3.6 Summary

SECTION 4 CASE STUDY OF POTENTIAL INTERFERENCE USING ADOPTED BPL RULES
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Methodology
4.2.1 Structure Injection Points
4.2.2 Simulation Frequencies
4.2.3 Part 15 Scaling
4.2.4 Simulation of Potential Interference
4.3 Results
4.3.1 Receiver Noise Floor Increase Along the Power Line
4.3.2 Power Flux Density Away from the Power Line
4.4 Summary

SECTION 5 IONOSPHERIC PROPAGATION AND AGGREGATION OF BPL EMISSIONS
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Analytical Modeling of Sky Wave Propagation
5.2.1 Background
5.2.2 Approach
5.3 Simulation Characteristics
5.4 Simulation Results
5.4.1 Comparison of Overhead and Underground Analysis Results
5.4.2 Maps of Ionospheric Aggregation
5.5 Summary

SECTION 6 SUMMARY OF RESULTS
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Phase 2 Analyses
6.2.1 Part 15 Rules and Measurement Guidelines
6.2.2 Special Protection Provisions
6.2.3 Case Study Applying the Access BPL Measurement Guidelines
6.2.4 Aggregation of Emissions via Ionospheric Propagation
6.3 Conclusion

VOLUME II - TECHNICAL APPENDICES (complete) (Acrobat PDF 1,201 Kb)

TABLE OF CONTENTS (Acrobat PDF 1,217 Kb)
GLOSSARY

APPENDIX A ANTENNA MEASUREMENT HEIGHT
A.1 Introduction
A.2 Height of Peak Field Strength
A.3 Compliance Measurement Height for Operation Between 1.7 – 30 MHz
A.4 Compliance Measurement Height for Operation at 30 MHz and Above
A.5 Height Correction Factor Above 30 MHz

APPENDIX B MEASUREMENT DISTANCE ALONG THE POWER LINE
B.1 Introduction
B.2 Simulation Results

APPENDIX C MEASUREMENT DISTANCE EXTRAPOLATION
C.1 Introduction
C.2 BPL Field Strength Simulation Results
C.2.1 Extrapolated Field Strength Levels Meeting the Part 15 Limits
C.2.2 Simulation Results

APPENDIX D SPECIAL PROTECTION PROVISIONS
D.1 Excluded Frequency Bands
D.2 Exclusion Zones
D.2.1 Coast Stations
D.2.2 Radioastronomy Observatories
D.3 Consultation Areas

Numerical Electric Code (NEC) input parameters
1) Power Line Models (Table 2-1) (Acrobat PDF 431 Kb)
2) Underground Model (Acrobat PDF 236 Kb)
3) Complex Power Line Model (Acrobat PDF 493 Kb)