User's Manual Part 1

Tech-X Flex
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(NG2) Tech-X Flex User Guide - Firmware v06.50
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Intro
Overview
Wi-Fi
Ethernet
System
IP/Video
MoCA
RF
Specs
1.3.3 Definitions of terms and acronyms
For clarity, the following general terms are defined:
• Unit - A Tech-X Flex device in general, with or without a module attached, as applicable to the
respective context.
• Base Unit - The core handheld component to which modules attach. The base unit has an
independent suite of functionality which is described in this document. The use of modules does not
change base unit functionality.
• Module - A modular hardware component designed to attach and interface with the Tech-X Flex base
unit that provides additional functionality.
• Provider - A broadband service provider, such as a telephone or cable company.
• Subscriber - A customer receiving broadband services from a provider.
Additional MoCA-related terms:
• MoCA - Multimedia over Coax Alliance (see MoCA overview on page 7-31).
• FTTP - Fiber to the Premises, a broadband service architecture where fiberoptic cable carries the
provider service all the way to the residential or business premises, where it may terminate and use
another form of transport and physical media in the premises, such as MoCA/coaxial cable
• CPE - Customer Premises Equipment, a general term used to describe devices in the
customer/subscriber network that interface with the service provider network. Typically, CPE refers to
devices such as personal computers, digital set-top boxes (STBs), and other LAN equipment.
• NT - Network Terminal, a general term for a device that terminates the physical plant owned by the
provider and interfaces with the transport medium inside the premises. An example is an optical
network terminal (ONT) which terminates the broadband access network in an FTTP architecture,
normally just outside the premises. In the case of a residential FTTP/MoCA architecture, the ONT
would provide the interface between the broadband access network and the MoCA over coaxial
cable network within the premises. For more information, see Example physical MoCA network on
page 7-32.
• RG - Residential Gateway, the term used sometimes in this document to indicate the gateway router
device in the residence/subscriber premises. The RG provides the interface between the provider
network (WAN) and the residential network (LAN) and may also incorporate a modem, dependent
upon the architecture. Within the networking industry, this device may also be referred to as a
Broadband Home Router or BHR.
• BHR - Broadband Home Router, another term for an RG.
• LAN - Local Area Network, the term used to describe the network inside the home, “downstream”
from the residential gateway/router, which interconnects the residential equipment. In a MoCA
architecture, the LAN runs on a specific MoCA channel that each device must be able to join.
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