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Home Networking 2.0

The future of the home network is the Home Entertainment Network. This next generation network is designed to handle the high content volume and guaranteed service delivery expected by telcos and other service providers. This includes support for carrier-grade HDTV services such as IPTV Solutions, Whole Home DVR and other media-rich Triple Play Services.

What Characterizes a Home Entertainment Network?

There are several key attributes that distinguish a Home Entertainment Network from a traditional home data network:

  • Support for HDTV video streams and other media-rich content
  • Guaranteed Quality of Service (QoS) to ensure 100% delivery of content
  • Support for time sensitive, synchronous applications such as IPTV and VoIP
  • Runs on existing wires (phone, coax and power)

How is a Home Entertainment Network Different from a Traditional Home Network?

VIDEO: Deliver Media-Rich Content Easier with CopperGate
Bill Simmelink, CopperGate President explains how Home Entertainment Networks are not the same as the traditional data networks we have today and how CopperGate can help you prepare for these enriching new services.

A traditional home network is geared to deliver data in an unsynchronized fashion. But unsynchronized data often leads to a poor video experience. Users have become accustomed to waiting for downloads of video and tolerating video stoppages. This is not the case with Home Entertainment Networks. In these QoS-enabled networks, the customer video experience is paramount. There can be no jitter, pixelization or interruption of services.

CopperGate is the Perfect Solution for Home Entertainment Networks

CopperGate offers a range of products and solutions that are perfect for implementing Home Entertainment Networks. CopperGate chips run on existing media, including coax, phone or power lines, and deliver as much as 200 Mbit/s of continuous throughput - more than enough to meet the needs of every service provider worldwide. These chips enable incredible flexibility for Home Entertainment architectures.

SAMPLE ARCHITECTURE: Home Entertainment Network running both coax and phone lines - using a residential gateway and set top boxes with embedded HomePNA Chipsets.

CopperGate Coax and Phone Network

What Makes CopperGate Unique?

CopperGate chips provide the highest performance support for coax, phone or power lines - as much as 200 Mbit/s of continuous throughput. CopperGate chips are already running more IPTV traffic than any other home entertainment network, providing best of breed reliability. CopperGate solutions reduce the installation time of Home Entertainment Networks by up to 50% due to proprietary know-how for installation procedures and architectures.

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