Emergency Response and Wireless Location Systems    by Manlio Allegra      Home         Topics: Main | Standards Organizations | Archive   HomePlug AV Specification Approved HomePlug AV, a global powerline technology distributing HD and SD video, VoIP and Internet services in home networks using existing electrical wiring, has been finalized and approved unanimously by the Board of Directors of the HomePlug Powerline Alliance. The HomePlug Alliance anticipates that HomePlug AV capability will be designed into consumer products (such as TVs, audio equipment, computers, and networking gear). HomePlug AV technology was built with contributions from companies that worked as part of the alliance's specification working group (SWG). The SWG further developed a baseline technology that was based on contributions submitted by Arkados, Conexant, Intellon and Sharp. The release of the specification comes nearly three years after the effort was initiated. HomePlug AV uses a high-efficiency MAC layer, which incorporates both scheduled access (TDMA) with QoS guarantees, and contention access (CSMA) capabilities. This enable multimedia content distribution using a guaranteed bandwidth reservation function, tight control of latency and jitter, and high reliability. "The HomePlug AV specification is the result of unprecedented cooperative innovation by a combination of global companies, each bringing their own core competencies to the table," said Larry Yonge, vice president of research and development for Intellon Corporation and chair of the HomePlug Technical Working Group (TWG). http://www.homeplug.org 18-Aug-05 In July 2005, In July, The HomePlug Powerline Alliance announced a co-existence solution that allows all powerline communications technologies, including HomePlug 1.0, HomePlug AV, and HomePlug BPL, to efficiently share the powerline network in both to-the-home and in-the-home applications. The solution would allow multiple powerline communications technologies to share the same wire while maintaining transmission speeds and effective QoS. The HomePlug Powerline Alliance has been developing a new HomePlug AV specification, which promises 200 Mbps capacity for sharing HDTV, Digital Audio, and Internet access around a home. The new co-existence technology, which is built-in to the HomePlug AV specification, fully coexists with HomePlug 1.0 data networking devices. When 1.0 devices are detected, the network switches to a Hybrid mode, allowing HomePlug AV devices to control the 1.0 devices and direct their communications, without compromising the AV network performance. No video on this topic yet.. contact us to present your views. Recent Standards News Royalty-Free End-User Licensing for H.264 AVC Internet Video 8/27/2010 HomePlug AV2 Spec to Support Gigabit-class Powerline 7/28/2010 Wholesale Applications Community Sets Course 7/27/2010 OpenSAF Announces High Availability Middleware Release 4.0 7/27/2010 ZyXEL's VDSL Products Gain IPv6 Phase II Certification 7/21/2010 Vendors back POLQA -- Mobile Voice Quality Testing Standard 7/16/2010 OIF Finalizes IAs for 100G Modules and Control Plane Logging/Auditing 7/14/2010 Alvarion to Support TDD-LTE 7/13/2010 Internet2 Appoints Dave Lambert as CEO 7/8/2010 Bluetooth Adopts Low Energy Spec for Wireless Sensors 7/7/2010 WiMAX Forum Publishes Femtocell Standard 6/17/2010 HomeGrid Forum Partners with BroadBand Forum 6/15/2010 HomePlug Powerline Alliance’s Green PHY Spec for Smart Grid Published 6/14/2010 ITU Approves G.hn as Global Standard for Wired Home Networking 6/11/2010 Eight Silicon Vendors Back G.hn 6/11/2010 > More news...   Search  this site   Search the Web   Get Your Column Published Emergency Response and Wireless Location Systems by Manlio Allegra Interview: NSN's Sue Spradley on LightSquared's Wholesale Mobile Data Paradigm by Sue Spradley Mobile Backhaul Transition Requires New Testing by Joe Zeto Cybersecurity Requires Public/Private Coalition by Greg Oslan A Rethinking of Cloud Services and Network Architecture by Jim Theodoras Delivering Scalable Video Solutions <br><i> Advantages of SVC-Optimized QoS</i> by Andy Singleton