Panasonic joins with HomePlug for IEEE BPL standard

Photo of author

Tim Higgins

The HomePlug Powerline Alliance today announced that HomePlug and Panasonic have merged their technical submissions to the IEEE P1901 Work Group for Broadband over Powerline (BPL) to submit a joint proposal.

The merged submission offers a single MAC to support both the HD-PLC and HomePlug AV PHYs. As a result, future products based on the merged P1901 proposal can be fully interoperable with existing HomePlug AV and Panasonic HD-PLC products.

The IEEE P1901 group is developing a communications standard for high-speed powerline devices. The standard will be usable by all classes of high-speed BPL products, including networking devices for the first-mile/last-mile connection to broadband services and consumer products providing in-home networking and multimedia distribution. The IEEE P1901 Work Group is expected to approve a proposal later this year.

Related posts

DS2 to demo 400 Mbps powerline networking

Powerline networking chipmaker DS2 announced today that it has developed a new powerline technology that operates at a 400Mbps peak ...

D-Link Extends Switch Warranties, Adds Cloud Backup to DNS-323 NAS

D-Link today announced a lifetime warranty for all its switches and the addition of a cloud backup service to its DNS-323 NAS.

Linksys, EnGenius Expand Managed Switch Lines

EnGenius and Linksys have announced new managed switches