
xtendnet™



Homeplug
Powerline Technology Conference
San Francisco, 4-5 October 2006


xtendnet™
enables each device added to a home network to serve as a new node in a mesh
network, increasing the overall range of the signal, assuring coverage throughout
the entire home, and improving throughput between distant devices. In this
way, each additional node improves overall network performance. This is in
comparison to other networking technologies where each additional connected
device consumes a portion of the overall bandwidth, actually reducing the
performance for all devices.
The networking intelligence built into the xtendnet™ technology
allows the mesh network to grow and improve each time a new device is added
without any reconfiguring by the consumer or a service provider. As a result,
a consumer’s experience will improve as a natural outcome of adding
devices onto the network in a manner that is essentially invisible to him
or her.

