HomePNA 3.0 Specification Standardized by the International Telecommunication Union; New Recommendation Provides for Triple-Play Service Providers.SAN RAMON San Ramon (Spanish for "Saint Raymond") may refer to one of the following places:
Recommendation G.9954 (Phoneline networking transceivers - Enhanced physical, media access, and link layer specifications) covers extensions and enhancements to the networking technology defined by existing Recommendations G.989.1, G.989.2, and G.989.3 that are required to address the evolving needs of the industry for reliable transport of multiple high speed multimedia streams over existing home wiring. The new standard provides for data rates of up to 240 Megabits per second (unit) megabits per second - (Mbps, Mb/s) Millions of bits per second. A unit of data rate. 1 Mb/s = 1,000,000 bits per second (not 1,048,576). E.g. Ethernet can carry 10 Mbps. with guaranteed Quality of Service (QoS) targeting the requirements of "triple-play" service providers wishing to deploy standard and high definition TV along with toll-quality VoIP and high speed Internet data. Products such as Fiber ONTs, Residential Gateways and Set-top Boxes with integrated G.9954 compatible network interfaces are currently in development by multiple vendors. "Today marks an important milestone in the further development required for bringing an industry standard forward in the home networking space," stated Van Baker, Vice President and Research Director for GartnerG2. "With the ITU's designation of G.9954, vendors and service providers can pursue new global market opportunities that will deliver HDTV (High Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although some HDTV sets are available in standard (rather square) screen sizes, the overwhelming majority of sets are wide screen, which eliminates , toll quality VoIP, and broadband Internet See broadband. data products and services." Recommendation G.9954 was developed by Study Group 15 of the ITU-T See ITU. ITU-T - International Telecommunications Union . The ITU-T ensures the efficient and on-time production of high quality standards covering virtually all fields of telecommunications. Study Group 15 focuses on the development of transmission layer-related standards for transport networks, systems and equipment. HomePNA members and other collaborating companies provided significant contributions in support of this standardization effort. In parallel to the standardization activities, HomePNA member companies with the active support of leading broadband service providers An ISP, telephone company, cable company or other carrier that offers high-speed communications to homes and businesses, typically for Internet access. Cable modems, DSL and T1 lines are the common technologies. See broadband, cable modem, DSL and T1. worldwide have validated the performance of the technology through a series of field tests. The tests, which ran on hundreds of segments of existing network wires in multiple homes, exhibited performance which exceeded expectations with an average data rate of 107 Mbps. About the Home Phoneline Networking Alliance The Home Phoneline Networking Alliance (HomePNA) is an incorporated, non-profit association of industry-leading companies working together to ensure adoption of a single, unified, phoneline networking industry specification and rapidly bring to market a range of interoperable data and audio/video home networking solutions. Founded in June 1998, the Alliance's membership includes cutting-edge international companies spanning the networking, telecommunications, hardware, software and consumer electronics industries. For more information on HomePNA visit www.homepna.org. Reader Contact Information: HomePNA, Bishop Ranch 6, 2400 Camino Ramon, Suite 375, San Ramon, CA 94583 Tel: 925-275-6686, www.homepna.org. |
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