Establishing the certification regime for hybrid home networking is a
major step forward for the nVoy™ program. The test house has been
selected, and the certification test plan has been verified against
several silicon platforms to validate product interoperability. nVoy
Certification is now primed to take hybrid networking to the next phase
of growth.
By providing a common communication protocol, nVoy Certified products
will enable service providers and consumers to leverage the strengths of
the wired and wireless networking technologies prevalent in many homes
today. Products with nVoy Certification will support and foster enhanced
yet simplified interactions between MoCA®, Wi-Fi, HomePlug™ and Ethernet
technologies, along with several advanced capabilities to enhance
performance and service provider requirements.
National Technical Systems (NTS) has been selected as the initial nVoy
authorized test laboratory to validate product interoperability and
compliance to the IEEE 1905.1 specification. “The hybrid networking
market is poised for growth, and NTS is pleased to contribute its
knowledge and experience to helping to ensure interoperability and
certification testing for nVoy products,” said Osman Sakr, CTO at NTS.
The nVoy Certification program will be available to members of HomePlug®
Alliance, Wi-Fi Alliance® and MoCA and will require PHY/MAC
certification(s) from the appropriate alliance(s) as a prerequisite.
HomePlug Alliance will be hosting a meeting area at Broadband World
Forum, 22-24 October 2013 in Amsterdam which will include the first
public demonstration of nVoy hybrid networking interoperability.
Meetings are now being scheduled with members of the media as well as
service providers, OEMs/ODMs and others interested in discussions
regarding this and other HomePlug technology milestones.
“HomePlug Alliance is pleased to be at the forefront of driving the nVoy
program to fruition,” said Rob Ranck, President, HomePlug Alliance. “We
have seen strong interest in this program, and we are eager to address
the intensifying networking needs of the marketplace with nVoy Certified
products.”
Companies interested in nVoy Certification may sign-up for more
information about product testing by visiting www.nVoy.org.
About the HomePlug® Alliance
HomePlug® Alliance is a group of about 60 companies working together to
develop technology specifications and certification & logo programs for
powerline networking. With over 100 million devices in the market,
HomePlug products are used worldwide by consumers and service providers
to improve home networking performance while expanding coverage and
Wi-Fi® mobility.
Visit the HomePlug Alliance website at http://www.homeplug.org
for more information regarding HomePlug Alliance and its family of
technologies, and sign up for the HomePlug interest list at http://www.homeplug.org/about/inquiry
to receive updates.
Sponsor members include Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM); Cisco
(CSCO); Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK); MStar Semiconductor Inc.; Qualcomm
Atheros, a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated; and
STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM).
"HomePlug" is a trademark of the HomePlug Powerline Alliance, Inc. in
the U.S. and other countries. Other names and brands may be claimed as
the property of others.
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