THE NEW HIGH-SPEED NETWORK IS HERE

Unparalleled speed, flexibility, and efficiency. Gen4-BPL empowers homes, buildings, and cities.

GEN4-BPL MEETS THE DEMANDS OF NEXT-GEN CONTROL AND MONITORING NETWORKS

Twice as fast, 70% smaller chip size, lower power, and 30% more value. The newest generation of broadband power-line solution is designed to meet the unprecedented demands of today’s smart homes, buildings and cities. Speed, range, reliability, and security are all required to maintain connectivity while staying within budget.

Gen4-BPL solves these challenges by combining the new IEEE 1901-2020 flexible channel OFDM and ITU-T G.9905 routing protocol into one powerful technology. Capable of achieving PHY speeds up to 500Mbps over any wired channel (including twisted pair, COAX, Ethernet, phone, and powerlines), Gen4-BPL is the clear choice for next-gen IoT applications.

By enabling integrators to reuse the same wires that power their IoT devices to also deliver data, Gen4-BPL dramatically reduces cost, complexity, and installation time. Among all communications technologies, Gen4-BPL offers the greatest promise for connecting smart devices efficiently at short or long range. Gen4-BPL is fast, cost-effective, and easy to design in and deploy.

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PACKED WITH INNOVATIONS TO EMPOWER YOUR NEXT DESIGN

BUILD SMARTER SYSTEMS

PHY rates up to 500Mbps give you plenty of bandwidth to deliver whatever data you need, including high-definition video. With Gen4-BPL, you’re able to deliver sophisticated new use cases and ROI-enhancing features to your customers.

ACCELERATE INSTALLATION

Gen4-BPL offers the convenience of mesh networking with support for any topology (bus, daisy chain, star, etc.). This eliminates the complexities of network planning and commissioning. Installation is as simple as plugging in and powering the devices.

SECURE IT ALL

Low-bandwidth solutions don’t just rob you of speed—they leave you vulnerable to cyberattacks. That’s where Gen4-BPL excels. Crypto-strong AES-128 encryption is built in, so you can protect every node in your network.

DESIGN BIGGER, FASTER NETWORKS

An innovative multi-hop capability allows any device to act as a repeater. Capable of up to 10 hops, Gen4-BPL supports up to 1024 nodes, eliminating costly gateway devices and easily meeting the demands of next-gen applications.

REDUCE DEPLOYMENT COSTS

Gen4-BPL supports IPv6 over twisted-pair, coax, power lines or any other type of cable. This enables you to design bigger networks, with more throughput, and cover more areas using your existing wiring infrastructure. Just what you need for retrofit applications.

EXTEND IP TO ENDPOINTS

Built-in bridging feature such as Ether to Serial allows Gen4-BPL to be used in place of the costly gateways required by other protocols. Now you can extend IP all the way to endpoints for seamless integration into other IP-based systems.

INTERFACE TO OTHER DEVICES

With its expansive number of on-chip interfaces it’s easy for designers to connect this reliable high-speed networking solution to other common Industrial interfaces including Ethernet, RS-485, MODBUS, PWM, SPI, I2C, I2S and more.