30-01-2009, 03:45 PM
Applications of mains communications vary enormously, as would be expected of such a widely available medium. One natural application of narrow band power line communication is the control and telemetry of electrical equipment such as meters, switches, heaters and domestic appliances. There are a number of active developments that are considering such applications from a systems point of view, such as 'Demand Side Management' . In this, domestic appliances would intelligently co-ordinate their use of resources, for example limiting peak loads.
