Does HomePlug AV address Access BPL co-existence?
Yes. “Access BPL” is the term used for using powerline communications outside and to-the-home. The members of the HomePlug Powerline Alliance recognize that simultaneous use of the same power line for both in-home and to-the-home communications created the need for a co-existence mechanism that will optimize the user experience. In fact, the HomePlug Alliance has taken this a step further by supporting not only co-existence, but also interoperability between In-home and Access BPL. Interoperability will allow devices in both the in-the-home and BPL domains to connect and interact seamlessly. HomePlug AV has a mechanism to detect the existence of neighbor networks, which includes Access BPL users. This mechanism is required so that in-home-only HomePlug AV users in homes and apartments that are sharing the same physical wire (off of a common transformer) do not interfere with each other – independent of whether Access BPL exists on the line or not. In other words, the need for bandwidth
