Comcast, Ucentric link for trial. (Home Networking).(Brief Article)
Multichannel News, September, 2002 by Brown, Karen
Much of the focus in home networking these days has been on wireless 802.11 schemes, but Comcast Corp. will continue to explore wireline networks through an upcoming trial in Philadelphia. Following up on an ongoing lab trial that began last year, the MSO will team with media-distribution software provider Ucentric Systems and chipmaker Broadcom Corp.
to offer a select number of friendly Philadelphia customers a home-networking product based on Home Phoneline Networking Alliance (HPNA) connections. The system takes the HPNA scheme, originally developed for copper telephone lines, and adapts it to coaxial cable within the house. Broadcom will provide its HPNA iLine32TM chip for the physical layer connection and quality-of-service planks, while...
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