The Multimedia over Coax Alliance introduced MoCA Access on Wednesday, which is a new broadband access spec based on the MoCA 2.5 standard that’s capable of 2.5 Gbps actual data rates leveraging existing in-building coaxial cabling. The Alliance says in a statement that MoCA Access is point-to-multipoint serving up to 63 modems (clients), and is designed to coexist with legacy services such as TV, DOCSIS, and cellular (4G/5G) technologies. The operating frequency range is 400 MHz-1,675 MHz. Latency is less than 5ms and throughput is up to 2.5 Gbps downstream and 2 Gbps upstream, according to MoCA.
MoCA Access supports standard traffic shaping and QoS up to eight traffic classes. It also provides strong security, three transmission power modes with 45 dB, 55 dB or 65 dB link budgets and power saving modes, according to the Alliance’s statement.
MoCA suggest that as a fiber extension technology, MoCA Access is well suited for operators and ISPs that are installing fiber-to-the-basement (FTTB) or fiber deep into the network, and want to use the existing coax for connection to each apartment or unit. MoCA Access also could appeal to commercial integrators in market segments such as hospitality/hotels, restaurants, offices, and other buildings wired with coax.
“MoCA Access leverages our core strengths in high performance, reliability, and no new wires,” MoCA President Charles Cerino comments. “Service providers around the world can take advantage of a proven high-speed technology that designed for all future installations. It is also the perfect complement to a wired backhaul architecture for upcoming cellular technologies such as 5G as it has very low latency.”
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