What underlying technologies will HomePlug AV employ?
HomePlug AV will be using an OFDM PHY with advanced FEC, channel estimation and adaptation. The MAC will incorporate both scheduled access (TDMA) with QoS guarantees and contention access (CSMA), with reliable delivery through fast ARQ. HomePlug AV will support TDMA and FDMA for purposes of Broadband Over Powerline (BPL) co-existence. The HomePlug AV protocol stack will support a variety of upper layer protocols native to HomePlug AV, 802.3, IP and UPNP.