Enabling Service with MoCA
11 Feb 2010
www.mocalliance.org
The Convergence of Applications,
Devices and Services
Explosion
of content
Analog to digital
conversion
Storage
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Applications
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Networking
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Mass market deployment
of DVR and HDTV
Service provider
Triple-play bundling
(IPTV/TelcoTV,
Cable MSOs)
Video Networking Requirements
• High Performance with wide outlet coverage
• > 100Mbps net throughput at >97% of outlets
• Inherent low BER/PER
• Cannot rely on retransmissions
• Low Latency independent of network load
• No time to retransmit video frames
• Coexist with Cable, DBS, Terrestrial, Telco
• Spectrum support for future performance increases
(>1Gbps)
Installation Objectives
• Easy installation in the home
• Low sensitivity to home coax topology
• Be able to seamlessly support any type of Coax
topography
• Any network node can be connected to any
outlet in the house
• Minimize need to replace splitters or add
new wires
The MoCA Connected Home
The Organization
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Established in January 2004 by some of the most respected service
providers and OEMs in the world.
Promote the distribution of multiple streams of HD content throughout the
home using already existent coax.
Only alliance with appeal to all three pay TV segments (telco, cable, DBS).
Full deployment (Verizon’s FiOS TV) with more than 2.7 million subs.
DIRECTV, Comcast, TWC, Cox and Bright House Networks publicly
committed to using MoCA in their networks. More than a dozen other
operators in trials.
More than 60 certified products (STBs, ONTs, BHRs, ECBs)
Recently established liaison agreement with HomePlug.
Incorporated into DLNA’s Interoperability Guidelines
Member of OPASTCO (U.S. tier 2 telcos and cableco) and CEDIA
(installers and integrators).
MoCA 1.0/1.1
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No new wires or interference with other technologies and mediums.
Complementary to wireless—extends wireless backbone in home.
Operates with other services on the same coax
Field tests in 250 homes validated net throughputs of more than
100 Mb/s in 97 percent of outlets.
• Only Alliance to conduct and publish field tests.
• MoCA 1.1 capable of 175 Mbps net throughputs, PQoS bandwidth
management and 16 node network extension
MoCA Technology Features
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MAC throughput including 175 Mb/s (MoCA v1.1)
Flexible spectrum usage – 50 MHz coexisting with Cable or Satellite
Support for 16 nodes (MoCA v1.1)
PHY is Bitloaded OFDM – optimizes PHY rate for any channel
• Pre-equalization allows simple Reed Solomon FEC
• Fully coordinated and synchronized network
• Transmission slots are assigned by a Network Controller (NC) per RequestGrant mechanism
• NC is automatically selected
• Preferred NC can be selected by higher layer applications (MoCA v1.1)
• Probing mechanism allows performance optimization per connection
• Quality of Service (QoS)
• Prioritized QoS – differentiated service for video, voice and gaming
• Parameterized QoS – bandwidth reservation per flows (MoCA v1.1)
• Management interface with detailed characteristics
Wired Technologies shakeout
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Gigabit Ethernet
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MoCA
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If you have CAT5 infrastructure, Gigabit Ethernet is the best
Coax is the cleanest medium
Multiple Channels
Support of many service providers
Integrated solutions
PowerLine
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Low data rates
Single Channel, Remediation is difficult
Fragmented into many incompatible organizations / specifications
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HomePlug (US) (Intellon)
• HomePlug 1.0 / Turbo
• HomePlug AV
CE-Powerline Communication Alliance = CEPCA (Japan) (Panasonic)
Open PLC European Research Alliance = OPERA (Europe) (DS2)
IEEE P1901
ITU-T G.hn / HomeGrid Forum
HomePNA
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Single Channel
Reduced to single small supplier
Requires Coax to be viable, but not designed/tuned for coax
Conflicts with DOCSIS/EuroDOCSIS
MoCA 2.0 in Development
• Two performance modes:
• 400 and 800 Mb/s actual throughputs
• 700 and 1.4 Gb/s PHY rates
• Two low power modes:
• Sleep and standby
• Address power consumption in entire network
• Backward compatible with previous versions without
degradation in performance.
• Protects investment in current equipment. No firmware or swap out
necessary.
• MoCA 1.0/1.1 meet needs of operators now. MoCA 2.0
meets needs of operators tomorrow.
Verizon: Video will be
our core product
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From Advanced Television, September 21, 2009:
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Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg says video, not voice, will be the core product over his expanding
fibre network. He said he no longer worried about looking for the "inflection point" in the loss of
access lines.
"I don't care about that any more, I am going to focus on driving FiOS penetration and taking
costs out," he said, adding that he felt "liberated".
He expected the FiOS network would stretch to 70 per cent of Verizon’s fixed-line customer
base.
He said that with TV, the PC and the Internet converging, the carrier’s future would be in selling
video services, such as interactive TV, bundled with wireless voice.
"So what I need to do is get ourselves focused around the following idea, that video is going to
be the core product in the fixed line business. We are going to bundle it with wireless, we are
going to integrate software over all the screens.“
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http://www.advanced-television.com/2009/sep21_sep25.htm#t6
Typical FiOS Home Wiring
802.11
Wireless
Coax cable
Integrated MoCA
Cat 5 cable
Fiber
to OLT
Analog Video
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MoCA
Managed
BHR
Integrated MoCA
DIRECTV: Simplified Installation
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From 26-Jan-2010 Press Release:
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along with the existing deployment of the Single
Wire Multiswitch, we will set ourselves apart from
the competition as a leading provider of connected
home technology," said Romulo Pontual, chief
technology officer at DIRECTV. "This is part of our
overall strategy to simplify the installation process
and create a reliable video distribution system for
our customers who want to enjoy a connected
home lifestyle."
DIRECTV Multi-Room HD DVR Service
The ultimate in convenience and flexibility.
Watch what you want, when you want, in any room you want. Watch your
recorded shows in any room, with just one HD DVR
• Start watching in one room, finish watching in another room
• Record and delete shows from any room
More than 60 Certified Products…
…Chips,
Broadcom's system-on-a-chip (SoC)
solutions featuring integrated MoCA
IP STB
BCM7420 Dual HD AVC server
BCM7410 HD AVC client
BCM7408 HD AVC client
Cable STB
BCM7125 Dual HD 1 GHz DOCSIS 3
BCM7025 Dual HD EuroDOCSIS
Satellite STB
Entropic's EN2510
3rd generation MoCA silicon
BCM7342 Dual HD server
BCM7340 HD client
GPON
BCM68xx GPON Gigabit Switch
...Ethernet Bridges, Gateways…
D-Link DXN-221
Coax Ethernet Adapter Kit
NetGear MCAB1001
Ethernet to Coax Bridge
Actiontec MI424WR
Broadband Home Router
Actiontec ECB2200
MoCA Network Adapter
Westell UltraLine Series3
MoCA Gateway
...Set Top Boxes, NAS
ADB ADB-6880CX
Motorola QIP6416
Pace DC900X
HD DVR Network Attached Storage Device
Motorola DCX-3400M
Motorola DCX-3200M
Cisco Explorer 8652HDC
DVR with M-Card Interface
Board of Directors
Contributor Members
Associate Members
The Standard for Home
Entertainment Networking
• Proven technology standard.
• No interference with other devices or services already in
use.
• Appeals to all pay TV segments.
• Works well in IPTV environment as MoCA is inherently IP
over coax.
• More than 50M+ MoCA nodes in the field.
• More than 60 certified products.
Thank You!
See you at MoCA Technology Summit at Cable Congress on Friday, March 5 at 8:30