Company History
Adaptive Networks, a private company based in Massachusetts, was founded in 1983 by Michael and David Propp to develop a technology for transmitting electronic data reliably over building powerlines. While receiving his Ph.D. at MIT, Michael Propp became intrigued with the advances in microprocessors and the potential to leverage powerlines for network communications between microprocessor-enabled products. Adaptive sought to develop a reliable technology for high-speed network communications on the powerlines by overcoming the environment's inherent challenges. After 4 years of intensive research and development, the company introduced its first product, the AN192 Evaluation Unit. Since that time, Adaptive has introduced several new products to the AN Pro-Line™, been granted 5 patents and attained industry standards for industrial and commercial markets. Adaptive has consistently supplied powerline communications products to these markets--many of which have been in continuous operation in the field for over 10 years.

In 2003 Adaptive introduced InSite™ Impaired-Media Simulation Tools. InSite™ is the culmination of many years of Adaptive Networks' experience developing and applying communications on challenging impaired-media such as the powerline. The simulation tools are a significant breakthrough for adopters of impaired-media communications enabling the verification and optimization of communications performance before major design and implementation investments are made.

Using the foundation of intellectual property, experience and wisdom accumulated with our AN Pro-Line™ commercial and industrial products, Adaptive embarked on a substantial R&D effort to scale up its proven technology to provide for demanding multimedia audio, video and voice applications and for solutions with fully digital signal processing. PowerStream™ provides significantly higher speeds for multimedia with Quality of Service (QoS) and supports multiple streams at multiple locations, simultaneously. Adaptive has now introduced the first benefits of the PowerStream™ fully digital signal processing technology with cost-effective powerline solutions for the utility, industrial, and commercial markets on TI's leading TMS320F28x DSPs, allowing applications to be integrated on the same hardware platform as the communications.

Today Adaptive is the leader in supplying solutions that run critical applications in harsh powerline environments, including self-contained medium voltage (MV) solutions, and the authority on Powerline Communications with advanced engineering research & development resources and an impressive portfolio of intellectual property.

Product Chronological History

Year Achievement
1983 Michael & David Propp found Adaptive Networks. R&D begins.
1986 Applied for first patent. AN192 Evaluation Unit introduced, delivering 19.2 Kbps throughput.
1989 Volume shipments of AN192 OEM component module begin
1991 Selected by the ISO to be the high data rate standard (ISO 10368) for the shipboard refrigerated container industry
1993 AN48 module introduced, modifying AN192 frequency range to comply with CENELEC European regulations for the utility industry.
1994 Chipset versions of AN192 and AN48 introduced
1995-1996 Four patents applied for. AN1000 Chipsets, modules and standalone modems introduced providing unsurpassed speed (100 Kbps throughput), reliability and robustness.
2000 First prototype of PowerStream™ High-Speed Networking Technology demonstrating ability to deliver multimedia with true Quality of Service.
2001 Selected as an IEC standard (IEC 61334-5-3) for automated meter reading (AMR).
2003 InSite™ Impaired-Media Simulation Tools introduced to provide confidence in performance for complicated environments.
2005 PowerConnect™ 192 introduced as fully digital signal processing implementation on TI's TMS320F28x DSPs for cost-effective solutions for applications including AMR and lighting and motor control.