About Most


MOST = MEDIA ORIENTED SYSTEMS TRANSPORT

Tyco was part of the design working group responsible for the development of the Physical Layer Specification. It is this specification which is the bases of the new connection system used in the Automotive environment for the Transportation of Multimedia Signals.

Tyco has developed a full product family available to the Automotive market completely compatible to the MOST specification. This product range includes:

  • Optical-electronic components (Pigtails)
  • Various hybrid connectors with optical and electrical contacts
  • POF cable assemblies.

Experiences with fiber optic products

The commitment of Tyco to fibre optic technology began in 1975 and has evolved to today`s capability to provide component solutions that go from the circuit board to the end-user. Many engineers, scientists, technicians, marketers and manufacturing personnel within Tyco are actively working to develop and produce the industries best fibre optic products. Tyco has produced successful the D2B Automotive Optical Link System for DaimlerChrysler since 1997.


How does the MOST System work ?

The topology of the network is a ring. Light travels in one direction from one component to the next via a POF.
At each component the incoming light signals are transformed to electrical signals which are processed by the OASIS Chip.
After processing the signals are fed to the LED where it is transformed back to an optical signal which is sent on to the next component in the ring.


MOST - The Key Features

high-bandwidth networking technology: 24,8 Mbps (up to 15 stereo channels of CD quality)

  • control and signal information are carried on one plastical optical fibre (POF)
  • single system clock
  • no central processor
  • no buffering at the individual nodes
  • automatically reconfiguring when new peripherals are plugged in or removed from the network (bandwidth is programmable on-the-fly)
  • delay between nodes is compensated for within the MOST specification (perfect synchronization)

  • The MOST concept forms a true peer-to-peer network that allows any node to talk directly to another unencumbered.

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