Technology

Asoka leverages certified HomePlug networking technology to provide high performance home area networks and innovative digital Living services. Asoka’s residential and commercial networking product lines provide cost effective, interoperable and standards-based powerline networking without the need for expensive service provider installations. For service providers this means easy-to-implement networking customer premises equipment (CPE) that can be the foundation for digital living revenue-generating services. With cutting edge technology, the electric wires in homes and small business offices can be used to distribute broadband Internet data and entertainment services, as well as to provision smart energy applications.

The HomePlug Alliance has developed the HomePlug 1 .0 and HomePlug AV specifications in order to bridge existing networking technologies such as WIFI and Ethernet with residential power lines to provide the network wiring.

Asoka PLugLink and PlugLine Products

Asoka’s PLugLink powerline communication products Let consumers easily connect computers, TVs, cable boxes and all other digital media devices throughout the entire home to a single home area network (HAN). Asoka products enable the extension and sharing of high-speed Internet access to every room in the house so an entire family can enjoy digital living services like high definition (HD) TV, IPTV, VoIP, online gaming and streaming audio and video.

PlugLine adapters add electric-appliance monitoring and control to the home network so that service providers can provision home appliance energy management and solar energy management services that allow consumers to save money and make their homes greener and safer.

Asoka’s HomePlug MAC

Today’s home networks must be able to support a diverse set of applications ranging from simple file transfer to very high quality-of-service (QoS) applications such as VoIP and streaming media. Asoka leverages the HomePlug medium access control (MAC) data communications protocol to provide channel access control mechanisms that make it possible for multiple devices to communicate within the multi-point network. Asoka’s HomePlug MAC protocol is built to seamlessly integrate with the physical layer and address these needs. The technology is modeled to work with IEEE 802.3 frame formats, simplifying Integration with widely deployed Ethernet. HomePlug MAC appends the Ethernet frames with encryption and other management before transmitting it over the power line. A segmentation and reassembly mechanism is used in cases where the complete packet cannot be fit in a single frame.