DS2's 200 Mbps Powerline Technology: the Only Regulatory Compliant Solution Available Today for IPTV.STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- Speaking at the IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) Also called "TV over IP," IPTV delivers scheduled TV programs and video-on-demand (VOD) via the IP protocol and digital streaming techniques used to watch video on the Internet. World Triple Play Forum, Victor Dominguez, DS2's Director of Strategy and Standardization, outlined the reasons why DS2's 200Mbps powerline solution is the only regulatory complaint technology available to transmit high quality digital TV signals around the home. Dominguez was dismissive about claimed alternatives to DS2... "Alternatives lack the main features required for operator deployment such as multi-cast which is required to interface with IPTV infrastructure, as well as programmable EMI (ElectroMagnetic Interference) An electrical disturbance in a system due to natural phenomena, low-frequency waves from electromechanical devices or high-frequency waves (RFI) from chips and other electronic devices. Allowable limits are governed by the FCC. notching demanded by regulators everywhere from the FCC (1) (Federal Communications Commission, Washington, DC, www.fcc.gov) The U.S. government agency that regulates interstate and international communications including wire, cable, radio, TV and satellite. The FCC was created under the U.S. to the European Commission European Commission, branch of the governing body of the European Union (EU) invested with executive and some legislative powers. Located in Brussels, Belgium, it was founded in 1967 when the three treaty organizations comprising what was then the European Community . DS2's dynamic notching is operator aware and any present or future radio bands can be enabled and disabled remotely thus complying with today's or future regulatory requirements Regulatory requirements are part of the process of drug discovery and drug development. Regulatory requirements describe what is necessary for a new drug to be approved for marketing in any particular country. automatically avoiding any radio signals in any part of the world". Mr Dominguez placed special emphasis on the radio friendliness of the system. Operators selecting technologies not specifically designed to comply with the regulatory requirements for powerline AV systems were warned that they could end up regretting their technology choice in the medium term. "What concerns me about these bolt-on solutions is that they were never designed for AV streaming", said Mr Dominguez. "Unlike the DS2 time division system, they run on a probabilistic-based quality of service system. The whole network turns into a traffic jam when you add more than a few nodes". While emphasising DS2's advanced support for neighbouring networks, Mr Dominguez added that "this is not an issue for low speed home automation, these solutions are a real problem when operators need to handle multiple overlapping networks in multi-tenant buildings or when networks from neighbours interfere with one another: Its rather like trying to build a GSM network with walkie-talkies, you can show a great demo, but the whole thing falls apart in mass deployment." On the standards front, Mr Dominguez pointed out that the Universal Powerline Association's (UPA (Ultra Port Architecture) A high-speed interconnect between the CPU and memory from Sun. It uses a packet-switched crossbar architecture that can transfer more than 100 MBytes/sec. ) Digital Home Standard (DHS DHS Department of Homeland Security (USA) DHS Department of Human Services DHS Department of Health Services DHS Demographic and Health Surveys DHS Dirhams (Morocco national currency) ) for powerline AV networking will be available this summer ensuring the possibility of multi-source regulatory compliant silicon, and he added that "you won't have to wait another 2 years for reference hardware to check your design against". About DS2 DS2 (www.ds2.es) is the leading supplier of silicon and software for Power line Communications (PLC). DS2's award winning power line technology delivers data rates in excess of 200 Mbps to support multiple simultaneous video-streams, voice and data applications at low cost. DS2 is driving standardization activity in many international bodies. DS2's 200 Mbps powerline technology has been chosen as the baseline technology for the European Union European Union (EU), name given since the ratification (Nov., 1993) of the Treaty of European Union, or Maastricht Treaty, to the European Community funded OPERA project (OPEN PLC Research Alliance) that aims to develop a PLC standard to accelerate the adoption of low cost, high performance broadband access See broadband and wireless broadband. PLC. DS2 reference designs and chips have been chosen by numerous world-class branded manufacturers who incorporate DS2 technology in finished products for all sectors of the PLC market. http://www.ds2.es About IPTV World Triple Play Forum www.marcusevans.com About UPA The Universal Powerline Association The Universal Powerline Association (UPA) is a trade association which covers all power line communication markets and all power line communication applications. The UPA aims to promote the growth of power line communication technology by delivering certified products that comply (UPA) is an International not-for-profit trade association working to harmonize global standards and regulations in the fast developing powerline communications market http://www.upaplc.org. |
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