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SiConnect was a powerline communications technology business that built low-cost, high performance broadband modem silicon using its proprietary POEM technology. It is most notable now for contributing its Arbitration-Determined Multiplexing technology to the IEEE P1901 draft specification for co-existence between disparate powerline technologies.
HD-PLC is the technology standard of wired communication using high frequency band over wired medium including powerlines, phone lines, twisted-pair, and coaxial cables. It is the IEEE 1901-based standard.
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