An abstraction layer for multiple home networking technologies that provides a common interface to widely deployed home networking technologies is defined in this standard: IEEE 1901™ over power lines, IEEE 802.11™ for wireless, Ethernet over twisted pair cable, and MoCA 1.1 over coax. Additional network technologies are supported by an extensible mechanism using an IEEE OUI and an XML-formatted document. Connectivity selection for transmission of packets arriving from any interface or application is supported by the 1905 abstraction layer. Modification to the underlying home networking technologies is not required by the 1905 abstraction layer, and hence it...

This standard defines an abstraction layer for multiple home network technologies. The abstraction layer provides a common data and control service access point to the heterogeneous home network technologies described in the following specifications: IEEE Std 1901(TM)-2010, IEEE Std 802.11(TM)-2012,IEEE Std 802.3(R)-2008, and MoCA(R) 1.1.1, 2 Other network technologies are supported by an extensible mechanism using an IEEE OUI and an XML-formatted document.

The abstraction layer's common interface allows applications and upper layer protocols to be agnostic to the underlying network technologies. The purpose of this standard is to facilitate the integration of IEEE 1901 with other home network technologies. Additionally, the purpose of this standard is to define an abstraction layer that allows the following: -- Common network setup among heterogeneous network technologies -- Providing the same user experience in the process of adding a device to the network and the same user experience while setting an encryption key -- Intelligent network interface selection for delivery of packets that provides improved cove...