Will Next-Generation Triple-Wire Home Networking Standard Hit the Digital Home Trifecta?
HomePlug AV, UPA, MoCA, and HomePNA 3.1 have been adopted in a number of deployments around the world. Service providers are seeing the benefits of using these technologies to extend broadband and video services in the home over an IP backbone. There are also service deployment efficiencies – such as lowered cost – that can be achieved by using self-installable modules, such as BT has done in the United Kingdom with UPA-based powerline adapters. However, as service providers begin to think of deploying next-generation architectures in the home for the deployment of higher-speed broadband, digital and HD video, and other interactive services, calls for a next-generation standard for in-home high-speed backbone networking have been growing louder. To this end, many companies are working within the ITU to develop a new triple-wire standard that would allow a single chipset to handle IP-based distribution of content over powerline, coax, and phone lines in the home. This research brief sup
