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News Release from: SiConnect
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 21 September 2006
Stead to serve on PLC body
Robert Stead, SiConnect's VP of Marketing, has been appointed as Promotion Work Group Chair at the Consumer Electronics Powerline Communication Alliance.
Robert Stead, SiConnect's VP of Marketing, has been appointed as Promotion Work Group Chair at the Consumer Electronics Powerline Communication Alliance He takes over from previous Chair, James Williamson, VP of the Technology Standards Office at Sony Electronics
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 1 Dec 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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With an international membership, CEPCA is a not-for-profit organisation with a mission to ensure the coexistence of powerline communication technologies (PLC) for the home.
The alliance is working towards the development of technical specifications enabling coexistence between in-home PLC systems and between access and in-home PLC systems.
"With so much momentum behind powerline communication, there's a real need for global consensus on a PLC coexistence standard", said Stead.
"It's the essential route to reliability and sustained consumer confidence and the only means by which power utility service calls can be reduced and CE product returns minimised".
"The objectives of CEPCA and SiConnect are very much aligned and I look forward to the new role".
In June 2006, SiConnect announced its breakthrough POEM technology.
Using a synchronous multiple access/contention resolution (SMA/CR) protocol and a QoS management structure based on 16 service levels for traffic prioritisation, it delivers consistent quality of service, whole home coverage, a plug and play user experience, privacy protection, EMC compliance and a $5 chip price.
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