Coax: A Home Networking Medium in Chaos

Table of Contents

• Executive Summary
• Methodology
• Overview: Home Networking Over Coax
  • Why Coax?
    • No New Wires
    • Advantages
    • Disadvantages
  • Competing Technologies
    • How Does Coax Compare to Other No-New-Wires Technologies?
    • Twisted Pair/Copper (Telephone Wiring)
    • Powerline
    • Wireless
  • Primary Markets for Coax Home Networking
    • Telco IPTV
    • Satellite
    • Cable
    • Content Protection & Coax Video Distribution
• Technologies Over Coax: A Stew Pot of Alternatives
  • IP Networking
  • Technical Challenges
  • MoCA
    • MoCA Field Trials
  • Coaxsys
  • HPNA V3 Over Coax
  • HomePlug AV Over Coax
  • Scientific Atlanta (Cisco)
• Selected Players
  • 2Wire
  • Actiontec
  • AT&T (SBC)
  • BellSouth
  • Cisco (Scientific Atlanta)
  • Coaxsys
    • Deployments & Migration to TVnet Products
    • Licensed to STMicroelectronics
    • MDU Deployments
  • Coppergate
  • Cox Communications
  • Entropic
  • Intellon
  • Linksys
  • Motorola Connected Home Solutions
  • Mototech
  • Netopia
  • Octalica
  • STMicroelectronics
  • Tellabs
  • Verizon
  • Westell
• Forecasts
  • Where Are Opportunities for Coax Geographically?
  • How Quickly Will Coax Take Hold?
    • Digital TV Subscriber Model
    • Consumer Demand Perspective Model: Conservative vs. Aggressive Forecasts
  • Semiconductor Forecast: WAN, LAN, & Peripherals
    • LAN Over Coax Chipset Forecast Ties Back to Deployed Households
    • Deployed PHY for Coax Home LAN Video Distribution & Other Equipment
• List of Tables
  • Table 1. Digital TV Subscriber Model: North American TAM & RPM--Digital TV Subs, Whole-Home DVR Installations, Over All Mediums (Units in Millions)
  • Table 2. Consumer Demand Perspective Model: North American Potential Annual Deployment for Coax Households with Whole-Home DVR, Conservative and Aggressive Forecasts (Units in Millions)
  • Table 3. Semiconductor Perspective Model: Worldwide Annual Chipset Over Coax Shipments Forecast (WAN, LAN) & LAN Households Deployed (Units in Millions, ASP in US$, Revenue in US$ Millions)
  • Table 4. Deployed Coax PHY Model: Worldwide Annual Coax LAN PHY Deployed, Video Distribution & PC Data Home Network (Units in Millions)
• List of Figures
  • Figure 1. Diagram of Verizon Deployment with MoCA Today
  • Figure 2. Primary-Based, Whole-Home DVR Installation Forecast, North America, 2006--2010 (Units in Millions)