Multiple Dwelling Units (MDUs), such as apartment buildings and condominiums, house a significant portion of the population worldwide, especially in high-density areas. These high-rise buildings demand different applications and technologies than those used in single-family homes. Issues such as coexistence with CATV, security, and multiple Endpoints must be addressed.

No New Wires

No one wants new wires. Consumers hate them. They are ugly and intrusive. Service providers don't like them either. Drilling through cement walls is messy and difficult, laying new cables is expensive and time consuming, and having to hang additional equipment in the harsh outdoor environment doesn't make too much sense.

Using existing coax wiring makes much more sense for everyone. Service providers save time, money, and customer hassles. Consumers get better aesthetics, short installation times, and highly reliable service. It is definitely a win-win situation.

Making MDU Solutions Affordable

The secret to MDUs is to deliver a quality signal to as many users as possible. Our HomePNA^® over coax technology makes delivering IPTV, broadband, and other services to multiple Endpoints more affordable than any other wired AV network technology:

• Uses existing coax infrastructure.
• Delivers up to 61 Endpoints for each master (up to 126 coming soon).
• Achieves up to 160 Mbps in total throughput, enabling many users per master.
• Provides customizable bandwidth both upstream and downstream.
• Enables Endpoint authentication to ensure only paying customers receive the services.
• Creates visibility to the entire network.
• Facilitates bi-directional communication for interactive TV and other new applications.

HomePNA^® enables service providers to deliver advanced services such as VOD, IPTV, broadband access, and VoIP to MDU residents in a speed- and cost-effective way over the existing coax infrastructure in the building. It can also coexist with ADSL, VDSL, TV, and related technologies on the same coax wire, making it easy for service providers to quickly and economically deploy. HomePNA^® also provides guaranteed quality of service (QoS), remote management, and diagnostic capabilities enabling service providers to deploy reliable cutting-edge service while minimizing operation expenditures.

In summary, HomePNA^® over coax provides all the performance and business attributes service providers want: great performance, compatibility with existing infrastructure, and an attractive business model. Companies that have deployed HomePNA^® have received higher fixed line retention, higher ARPU, and greater customer satisfaction.

Our evaluation and development kits enable quickly developing an Ethernet to HomePNA^® bridge, or easily adding a HomePNA^® interface to set-top boxes, residential gateways, optical network terminals (ONTs), customer premises equipment (CPE), and CE products.

Each HomePNA^® chipset is supplemented by an evaluation board, and a development kit that includes documentation, firmware programming, diagnostic tools, and technical support services.

CG3310MLEC

CG3310M HomePNA^® for MDU Evaluation Board

The CG3310MLEC evaluation board is a ready-to-install, low-cost Ethernet to HomePNA^® over coax bridge that is optimized for MDU applications and serves as a reference for equipment vendors' designs and as a "Golden Node" during design certification.

CG3210MLEC

CG3210M HomePNA^® for MDU Evaluation Board

The CG3210MLEC evaluation board is a ready-to-install, low-cost Ethernet to HomePNA^® over coax bridge that is optimized for MDU applications and serves as a reference for equipment vendors' designs and as a "Golden Node" during design certification.

Our HomePNA^® development tools streamline the HomePNA^® integration development process. Dozens of public and private resources are also available to help in every stage of the development process. Each HomePNA^® chipset is supplemented by an evaluation board, and a development kit that includes documentation, firmware programming, diagnostic tools, and technical support services.

Software Development Kits (SDKs) include:

Firmware Programming and Diagnostic Tools

• Firmware tool (for loading firmware image into the board)
• Production tool (provides network and diagnostic information)

CDLIB

• Sample code (monitor and diagnostics in embedded applications)
• API sources
• DLL and DLL source

Documentation

• API guide
• Application notes
• CDLIB release notes

Industry Associations

Sigma Designs is an active member in the following standards organizations and industry associations to enable our HomePNA^® solutions to quickly support new features and standards.

		The Broadband Forum is the central organization driving broadband wireline solutions and empowering converged packet networks worldwide to better meet the needs of vendors, service providers, and their customers. We develop multi-service broadband packet networking specifications addressing interoperability, architecture, and management. http://www.broadband-forum.org
		Members of Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) share a vision of an interoperable network of personal computers (PC), consumer electronics (CE), mobile devices, and service providers in and beyond the home, enabling a seamless environment for sharing and growing new digital media and content services. http://www.dlna.org
		HomePNA® is an incorporated, non-profit association of industry-leading companies working together to create, promote, and certify multimedia home networking technology that operates over existing coax cables and phone wires. http://www.homepna.org
		The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has played a key role in building today's vast interconnected infocommunication networks spanning telephone, radio, television, satellite systems, mobile, and wireless communications and Internet technologies. http://www.itu.int