[Report] Powerline Home Networking 2007 Update: Gaining Power in the Global Market TOC

Executive Summary
Overview: Networking Over Powerline
- Why Powerline?
- Avoiding New Cabling
  - Advantages
  - Disadvantages
- Technical Challenges & Benefits
- Some PCB Designs Affect 200Mbps Performance
Competing No-New Wires Technologies
- Twisted Pair/Copper (Telephone Wiring)
- Coax
  - HomePlug AV Over Coax
Regulatory
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
- Japan
- European Standardization Organizations(ESOs)
  - CENELEC
  - ETSI
Alliances, Standards, & Competing Technologies over Powerline
- IEEE 1901
- HomePlug Powerline Alliance
  - HomePlug AV-Certified Products
  - HomePlug-Enabled Service Providers
  - HomePlug 1.0
  - HomePlug Command & Control (HPCC)
  - HomePlug Turbo
  - HomePlug AV
  - HomePlug BPL for Access
Universal Powerline Association (UPA)
Consumer Electronic Powerline Communications Alliance (CEPCA)
United Power Line Council (UPLC)
- Deployments & Trials
Open PLC European Research Alliance (OPERA)
- Cost Expectations for PLC/BPL Access Infrastructure
Applications for Powerline Networking
- Broadband Access over Powerline
  - Utility Company Use
  - Customer Services
  - BPL Business Models
  - Three Primary Infrastructure Components
  - BPL Deployment Costs
  - Costs of Broadband Access via Powerline
  - Economic Viability for Rural Communities
- In-Home Broadband over Powerline
  - Muilti-Play Services
  - Home Networking
  - Home Automation & Security Systems/Services
Consumer Perspectives
Selected Players
- Actiontec
- Arkados
- Asoka USA
- Belkin
- Buffalo Technologies
- Communication Technologies (COMTek)
- Conexant
- Corinex
- Corporate Systems Engineering
- D-Link
- devolo AG
- Design of Systems on Silicon (DS2)
- Duke Energy
- EchoStar
- Gigafast
- Gigle Semiconductor
- Intel
- I-O Data
- Intellon
- Linksys
- MainNet Communications
- Microsoft
- Netgear
- Panasonic/Matsushita
- Qwest Communications
- Radio Shack
- Russound
- Sharp
- SPiDCOM
- Yitran Communications
- ZyXEL Communications
Worldwide Market Shares
- HomePlug
- Non-HomePlug
Worldwide Forecasts
- Worldwide Broadband Powerline Networking Equipment: In-Home, Access, & Utility
- Opportunities for Broadband Powerline Equipment Geographically
- Forecast by Retail vs. Service Provider
- Forecast by Bandwidth
- Forecast by Product Segmentation
- Forecast by Technology
- Forecast for PHY/MAC Chipset ASP by Bandwidth
- Forecast for HomePlug Command & Control Narrowband Powerline
Methodology
Related In-Stat Reports

List of Tables

Table 1. Excluded Frequency Bands by the FCC
Table 2. HomePlug 1.0 Maximum Throughput at Various Layers Using DQPSK 3/4 Modulation
Table 3. Comparison of HomePlug 1.0 with Other Wireline Technologies
Table 4. Yitran Command & Control Chip Specifications
Table 5. Worldwide 2006 HomePlug Equipment Market Shares (Units in Thousands)
Table 6. Worldwide 2006 Non-HomePlug Broadband Powerline Equipment Market Shares (Units in Thousands)
Table 7. Worldwide Broadband Powerline Equipment, In-Home Networking vs. Access & Utility, Annual Shipments, 2005- 2011 (Units)
Table 8. Worldwide Broadband Powerline Equipment by Region, 2005- 2011 (Units)
Table 9. Worldwide Broadband Powerline Equipment by Sales Channel, 2005- 2011 (Units)
Table 10. Worldwide Broadband Powerline Equipment by Bandwidth, 2005- 2011 (Units)
Table 11. Worldwide Broadband Powerline Equipment by Product Segment, 2005- 2011 (Units)
Table 12. Worldwide Broadband Powerline Equipment by Technology, HomePlug vs. Non-HomePlug, 2005- 2011 (Units)
Table 13. Worldwide Broadband Powerline PHY/MAC Chipset ASP by Bandwidth, 2005- 2011 (US$)
Table 14. Worldwide HPCC Narrowband Powerline Chipsets, 2007- 2011 (Units)

List of Figures

Figure 1. HomePlug/Panasonic Proposal Framework
Figure 2. HomePlug-Enabled Service Providers
Figure 3. BPL US Deployment Map
Figure 4. OPERA General Architecture of a Powerline Communications Access System
Figure 5. Home Network User Familiarity of Broadband Powerline Networking, HomePNA, and MoCA Technologies

Powerline Home Networking 2007 Update: Gaining Power in the Global Market

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