IEC 62488-1:2012适用于在超高压/高压/中压电网上运行的模拟和数字电力线载波系统的规划。本标准的目的是制定服务规划和性能参数，以满足通过电网高效传输和接收数据的运行要求。不同供电行业使用的传输介质将包括模拟和数字系统，以及更常见的通信服务，包括国家电信局、无线电链路、光纤网络和卫星网络。随着过去20年通信基础设施的发展，以及电力通信网络中连接的设备进行内部和外部通信的能力，配电网络中可以使用各种架构来提供高效的无缝通信。

IEC 62488-1:2012 applies to the planning of analogue and digital power line carrier systems operating over EHV/HV/MV electricity grids. The object of this standard is to establish the planning of the services and performance parameters for the operational requirements to transmit and receive data efficiently over power networks. The transmission media used by the different electricity supply industries will include analogue and digital systems together with more common communication services including national telecommunications authorities, radio links and fibre optic networks and satellite networks. With the developments in communication infrastructures over the last two decades and the ability of devices connected in the electricity communications network to internally and externally communicate, there is a variety of architectures to use in the electricity distribution network to provide efficient seamless communications.