Sunday, January 4, 2004

Multimedia Over Coax Alliance Targets In-Home Networking

Sunday, January 04, 2004    

A new Multimedia Over Coax Alliance (MoCA), founded by Cisco Systems, Comcast, EchoStar, Entropic Communications, Matsushita Electric (Panasonic), Motorola, RadioShack and Toshiba, has been formed to develop specifications for home networks connected via existing, in-house coaxial cabling. The technology supported by the alliance would enable DVD quality entertainment throughout the home -- high speed (270 mbps), high QoS, and packet-level encryption. The MoCA network could also be used as a backbone for multiple wireless access points. A MoCA enabled device would connect to the network with a standard coax F connector (TV connector). It would not interfere with terrestrial, cable and satellite provider services on the same home coax cabling. The companies anticipate that the first MoCA enabled products will be released within the next year. http://www.mocalliance.org