The HomePlug Powerline Alliance designed the HomePlug AV 200-Mbps Powerline Communications (PLC) standard from the ground up, incorporating the most advanced encryption, forward error correction, powerline noise mitigation features and quality of service considerations in the industry.  The result of this world-leading effort is an open standard that offers the highest performance, multiple chip sources and global interoperability.

Because HomePlug AV is an ‘open’ standard, all chip sets and firmware that are based on the HomePlug AV standard, lead to PLC solutions that are not only compatible, but interoperable as well.  Naturally this leads to great flexibility and rapid market growth the world over.

The world’s leading OEMs and ODMs have developed and are continuing to develop a wide range of HomePlug AV standard-enabled products that service providers, retailers and end-users have been clamoring for.

The HomePlug AV standard has opened new markets with robust whole-house networking that is truly reliable and capable of handling all types of network traffic, including multiple streams of high-definition video along with standard-definition video, file sharing, networked resources and Internet access.

Applications

• High Definition (HD) and Standard Definition (SD) video distribution
• TV over IP (IPTV)
• Digital Media Access (DMA) for remote Media Center PC content access
• Digital Set-top Boxes for remote PVR/DVR video content access
• Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) for service providers
• Backbone for Wi-Fi, UWB and Wireless USB
• Higher data rate broadband sharing
• Shared broadband internet access
• Audio and video streaming and transfer
• Expanding the coverage of wireless LANs
• Voice Over IP (VoIP)
• PC files and applications sharing
• Printer and peripheral sharing
• Network and online gaming
• Security cameras

Intellon Solutions

Intellon Corporation is the world leader in HomePlug-based solutions sales and customer enablement.  Enabling HomePlug AV solutions from Intellon are based upon its market building INT6000 MAC/PHY IC and its most recent second-generation INT6300 IC that includes the analog front end (AFE).  Both of the robust ICs offer what customers have demanded in features with attention to performance, reliability and competitive BOM costs.

Links

Intellon Product Overview
INT6000 Product Brief
INT6300 Product Brief
Service Provider Applications Marketing Brief
HomePlug AV White Paper
HomePlug AV Technology Overview