Siemens SIMATIC Power Line Booster Operating Instructions Manual page 9

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Figure 1-1 Design example of a Power Line Booster system
Technology
The Power Line Booster uses communication technology that can be used to implement the
transmission of Ethernet-based frames, especially PROFINET, over power cables and/or
control cables. One main area of application is in transport applications based on sliding
contacts, such as electric monorail systems as well as storage and retrieval systems.
In this instance, the Power Line Booster modulates the data frames that are received by
standard Ethernet (IEEE 802.3i / 10BASE-T; IEEE 802.3u / Fast Ethernet; IEEE 802.3y /
100BASE-T2) to different carrier frequencies. These carrier frequencies are located in the
Power Line Booster
Operating Instructions, 11/2019, A5E36203125A-AG
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1.2 System overview and introduction
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Introduction
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