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Intellon employs a spectrum efficient modulation technique that enables powerline transmission of very high data rates. With HomePlug 1.0, data rates up to 14 Million bits per second (Mbps) are possible. HomePlug is a multiple carrier system with characteristics that make it adaptable to environments with harsh multi-path reflections, large narrowband interference, and impulse noise without equalization.
As the digital age continues, the demand to send digital voice, video, and Internet data to and around a home, office or other building increases continuously. The cost of installing wires to support this is expensive, disruptive and time consuming. Our focus at Intellon is to provide cost effective No New Wires solutions to this ever-increasing need.
Many formidable obstacles stand in the way of achieving reliable very high-speed data communications over the powerline. Multipath delay spreading makes achieving high data rates difficult. Communication on the AC powerline is difficult because of unpredictable noise and interference from numerous sources, high attenuation levels and widely varying impedance, and multipath delay spread. FCC rules can also be a hindrance.
Intellon has developed their ICs to provide a cost-effective solution to these problems. This new technology lends itself to functioning reliably in the harsh environments of the AC powerline.
Technical Specifications
- Integrated Physical Layer (PHY) and Media Access Controller (MAC)
- Data rate: up to 14 Mbps
- Frequency band 4.3 MHz - 20.9 MHz
- OFDM symbol modulation
- 84 carriers
- Automatic channel adaptation
- Forward Error Correction
- Carrier modulation methods supported:
- DQPSK, DBPSK, ROBO
- Access methods supported:
- CSMA/CA
- Meets FCC Part 15 emission
Links
INT5200 Product Brief
INT5200 Ethernet Reference Design
HomePlug 1.0 PHY for Smart Grid and Electric Vehicle Applications
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