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High-speed powerline networking

...troubled history, not least of which is the ongoing rivalry between the Homeplug Powerline Alliance (HPA) and DS2's Universal Powerline Association (UPA). The fastest... Read more

3 September, 2010

Power outlets may feed home networking

...way for connecting electronic devices to the Net through electrical outlets. The HomePlug Powerline Alliance, which includes Cisco Systems, Intel, RadioShack, Motorola and Hewlett-Packard... Read more

26 June, 2001 by Wylie Wong

Powerline broadband gets financial boost

...On Wednesday, the companies threw their weight behind a group called the HomePlug Powerline Alliance, which develops standards and specifications for businesses and service providers... Read more

25 August, 2005 by Marguerite Reardon

Home networking gets a jump start from new tech

Startups will show off new products to allow consumers to get their homes networked for the future Read more

5 January, 2001 by Wylie Wong

Sharp?s HN-VA40S and HN-VA10S HomePlug - HD Through Your Electrical Sockets

...sockets for transmitting data. These Sharp PLC adapters are based on the HomePlug AV1.1 international standard for high speed transmission over electrical wiring. By... Read more

25 June, 2007
Improved <endeca_term>HomePlug</endeca_term> 1.0 FEC With SOVA Algorithm and Erasure Decoding

Improved HomePlug 1.0 FEC With SOVA Algorithm and Erasure Decoding

...the impulsive noise is the most critical. This paper presents an improved HomePlug 1.0 FEC (Forward Error Correction) stage, by keeping the same hardware... Read more

1 February, 2010
Acer <endeca_term>HomePlug</endeca_term> USB Adapter 2.1.0.1

Acer HomePlug USB Adapter 2.1.0.1

This package supports the following driver models:Acer HomePlug USB Adapter Read more

3 September, 2002
GigaFast <endeca_term>HomePlug</endeca_term> USB to Ethernet Adapter v1.0 2.5.2001.215

GigaFast HomePlug USB to Ethernet Adapter v1.0 2.5.2001.215

GigaFast HomePlug USB to Ethernet Adapter v1.0 Read more

15 February, 2001
A Very Low Area ADC Architecture Capable of Supporting the Analog Front End of Powerline Communication Systems

A Very Low Area ADC Architecture Capable of Supporting the Analog Front End of Powerline Communication Systems

...Analog Front End (AFE) of the various PowerLine Communication (PLC) standards like HomePlug, IEEE P.1901 etc, requires an Analog to Digital Converter (ADC) at... Read more

2 October, 2009

Rupert Goodwins' IDF Diary

...OK, basement — of the San Francisco Marriott, and by the time the Homeplug mains networking chap had won the buzzword bingo we were beginning to... Read more

20 March, 2006 by Rupert Goodwins

Rupert Goodwins' IDF Diary

...OK, basement — of the San Francisco Marriott, and by the time the Homeplug mains networking chap had won the buzzword bingo we were beginning to... Read more

20 March, 2006

Powerline networking charges up

...enter the market by the summertime. Powerline networking is based on the HomePlug Powerline Alliance's HomePlug 1.0.1 standard, which allows devices such... Read more

10 March, 2003 by Richard Shim

Networking card taps into powerlines

...carried by the power wiring in a building. The device meets the HomePlug standard. The main competitor will be Wi-Fi, which is still expensive... Read more

25 June, 2002 by Peter Judge

Actiontec Wireless-Ready Multimedia Home Gateway

...via radio waves; the bottom slot adds other networking flavours, including HomePNA, HomePlug and Bluetooth. Actiontec is working on developing cards for release later this... Read more

19 November, 2001 by Brett Johnson

Home networking? Keep it simple

...also being developed, and new network technologies like IEEE 802.11b and HomePlug mean users need no longer install special cabling. "Some of the best... Read more

13 November, 2001 by Susan Tsang

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