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IEEE Standard Combines HomePlug, WiFi, MoCA, Ethernet
New agnostic IEEE P1905 standard would allow combination of powerline, wireless, coax and Cat 5 home networking transmission technologies. HomePlug announces support.
The HomePlug Powerline Alliance electronics industry powerline network advocacy group has announced its support of the IEEE P1905 working group’s efforts to define the first standard for hybrid home networks. A P1905 network would include combinations of stationary home networking devices such as set-top boxes (STBs), home gateways, Blu-ray disc players and televisions, and mobile devices such as laptops, tablets and cellphones.
The IEEE P1905 standard provides an abstraction layer to established powerline, wireless, coaxial cable and Ethernet home networking technologies; IEEE P1901/HomePlug AV, Wi‑Fi, MoCA and Ethernet. The standard enables consumers and service providers to combine the capabilities of otherwise disparate networks to maximize a home network’s overall performance and reliability. IEEE P1905’s abstraction layer common interface allows applications and upper layer protocols to be agnostic to the underlying home networking technologies. Packets can arrive and be transmitted over any technology according to quality of service (QoS) priorities. IEEE P1905 also simplifies network setup by providing common setup procedures for adding devices, establishing secure links, implementing QoS and managing the network.
“The hybrid home network is clearly the network of the future. [It] offers the best networking technologies to meet consumers' needs ... so IEEE establishing this standard is significant,” says Rob Ranck, president of the HomePlug Powerline Alliance. “HomePlug is pleased that the P1905 working group has recognized HomePlug’s undisputed leadership in powerline communications solutions by selecting IEEE 1901 as the underlying powerline communications cornerstone of IEEE P1905. Consumers will immediately benefit from enhanced reliability, ease of use and flexibility. For service providers this translates into the promise of reduced installation and support costs. Encompassing the capabilities of the most commonly installed home networking technologies, this standard promises to deliver the maximum level of interoperability.”
Several HomePlug member companies are making significant contributions to the development of IEEE P1905, including Broadcom, Cisco Systems, France Telecom, Qualcomm Atheros, Ralink, Sigma Designs, SPiDCOM Technologies and STMicroelectronics. The group made substantial progress in April by approving the technical requirements, architecture and definitions upon which the standard will be based.
The IEEE P1905 standard provides an abstraction layer to established powerline, wireless, coaxial cable and Ethernet home networking technologies; IEEE P1901/HomePlug AV, Wi‑Fi, MoCA and Ethernet. The standard enables consumers and service providers to combine the capabilities of otherwise disparate networks to maximize a home network’s overall performance and reliability. IEEE P1905’s abstraction layer common interface allows applications and upper layer protocols to be agnostic to the underlying home networking technologies. Packets can arrive and be transmitted over any technology according to quality of service (QoS) priorities. IEEE P1905 also simplifies network setup by providing common setup procedures for adding devices, establishing secure links, implementing QoS and managing the network.
“The hybrid home network is clearly the network of the future. [It] offers the best networking technologies to meet consumers' needs ... so IEEE establishing this standard is significant,” says Rob Ranck, president of the HomePlug Powerline Alliance. “HomePlug is pleased that the P1905 working group has recognized HomePlug’s undisputed leadership in powerline communications solutions by selecting IEEE 1901 as the underlying powerline communications cornerstone of IEEE P1905. Consumers will immediately benefit from enhanced reliability, ease of use and flexibility. For service providers this translates into the promise of reduced installation and support costs. Encompassing the capabilities of the most commonly installed home networking technologies, this standard promises to deliver the maximum level of interoperability.”
Several HomePlug member companies are making significant contributions to the development of IEEE P1905, including Broadcom, Cisco Systems, France Telecom, Qualcomm Atheros, Ralink, Sigma Designs, SPiDCOM Technologies and STMicroelectronics. The group made substantial progress in April by approving the technical requirements, architecture and definitions upon which the standard will be based.
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LOL. So 3 years ago pundits on this board and others dismissed wireless and powerline as most CEDIA folks are nothing more than cable pullers and data connector installers. Any product that encoded media (networks, PC’s, etc) where non grata.
Now these two portions are positioned to move to a defacto standard adopted by IEEE and will take over the home hub and will soon everything will be through a protocol of some sort. So let’s tip our hats to Monster and the others that make cooper based solutions as this is close to the end folks. And all you CEPros out there whose profitability is based upon boxes, cables, connectors and snaking cable. Watch out.. TTL is ticking away.