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A major step forward is required nowadays across the EU to provide affordable housing for a large proportion of EU citizens without compromising the benefits of home automation, at the same time as overcoming the skilled labour shortage specifically in the European electricity sector and providing home owners with improved "home networking" capabilities. The idea of using power supply infrastructure as a communication network, although providing a straightforward solution to the problem, has so far failed to demonstrate that the required characteristics can be achieved primarily due to problems related to electromagnetic (EM) compatibility. The purpose of this project will be to develop a system that will provide 3 times throughput and decrease the EM interference by 30-40 dB, while significantly decreasing the installation time and associated costs.

In order to achieve the proposed project objectives, it will be necessary to develop a better understanding of the factors determining coexistence of power supply using HFAC (High Frequency Alternate Current) and high frequency signals in parallel conductors of planar structure. This will enable the development of a robust and safe integrated power supply and high speed communication architecture for domestic applications, which will exceed all current and foreseeable state-of-the-art solutions.

The combined power supply and communication system will enable every newly built or renovated house throughout the EU to face the challenge of the information era, thus raising the quality of life. However, the possible applications are wide reaching, and can be found in offices, scientific laboratories and hospitals. In addition, this product will meet the current legislation efforts at the EU level, triggered by the EU Mandate M313 on Electromagnetic Compatibility and contribute to the ecological welfare of the environment in reducing "electromagnetic smog" and thus pollution levels associated with the distribution of energy and communication signals.

LATEST NEWS

35 -Month Top Level Meeting
20/10/2009
The 35 - Top Level Meeting took place at last Thursday in Brussels. Minutes from the meeting are presented in the Project Documents.

The approval of the Second Reporting Period
30/07/2009
The Second Reporting Period was accepted by the European Commission. The formal letter together with the review report is presented in the Project Documents.

A new partner in the consortium
13/03/2009
The European Commission approved our request of modification to the contract: the new association from Poland - PZPB has been added to the consortium, and the old association also from Poland - PSBD has been withdrawn from the project. The effective date is 1st December 2008.

PROJECT INFO

Project acronym: Contract number: Project full title: Project start date: End date:

Flexoline@home COLL-CT-2006-030313 Development of a Cost Efficient Innovative Reusable Integrated Power Supply System, Enabling Interference Free High Speed Power Line Based Communication Architecture for the Affordable Smart House 1 November 2006 28 February 2010