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MoCA traffic on the coax network does not interfere with existing broadcasts from

cable, telco, IPTV or satellite service providers, as it makes use of a previously-

unused segment of the RF spectrum. The medium is ideal for real-time applications,

providing high data throughput (100Mbps~1Gbps) with low latency, jitter or data loss.

Also, coax cabling is generally better-shielded than IP networking media, especially

wireless.

Applications to which MoCA networking is well-suited include:

Video on Demand (VoD)

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Multi-room, multi-camera Digital Video Recording (DVR)

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Gaming (LAN or online multiplayer)

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Internet video

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Home automation

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Video conferencing

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3.1.12.1

Horizontal vs. Vertical Communications

Unlike traditional coax networking (TV, satellite, IPTV, etc.) MoCA devices do not

need to receive data from a single source. It is "outlet-to-outlet". Each MoCA network

uses a Network Controller (NC) to manage the network's communications, but any

ECB on the network is capable of acting as the NC. By default, the NC is chosen by

negotiation between all ECBs on the network, based on factors such as signal

strength.

"Outlet-to-outlet" communications are also known as "splitter jumping". Traditional

cable networking commonly utilized splitters to split a single incoming signal into two

outgoing signals. With MoCA, communications between devices connected to each

splitter output are possible. For this reason, MoCA communications can be

considered "horizontal", as opposed to traditional "vertical" cable communications.

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