Support G.hn

1 support

1.1 homegrid forum
1.2 vendors
1.3 service providers
1.4 equipment vendors
1.5 consumer electronics
1.6 analysts
1.7 other organizations
1.8 related standards

support
homegrid forum

the homegrid forum non-profit trade group promoting g.hn. homegrid forum provides technical , marketing efforts, addresses certification , interoperability of g.hn-compliant products, , cooperates complementary industry alliances.

homegrid forum members include allion test labs, inc., arris, at&t, bc institute of technology, best buy, british telecom (bt), chunghwa telecom, comtrend corporation, holland electronics, llc, institute information industry (iii), korea electrotechnology research institute (keri), korea polytechnic university (kpu), kwangwoon university, lan s.a.r.l, marvell, metanoia communications, inc., mitrastar, sigma designs, teleconnect gmbh, telefónica, university of british columbia, trac global, , xingtera inc.

vendors

vendors promoting g.hn include lantiq, microprocessor manufacturer intel, system-on-a-chip vendor sigma designs, , xingtera, announced product in january 2013.

the first live public demonstration of g.hn interoperability shown @ ces, january 10–13, 2012 lantiq, marvell technology group, metanoia, , sigma designs.

service providers

on february 26, 2009, part of homepna press release, at&t (which makes use of wireline home networking part of u-verse iptv service) expressed support work developed itu-t creating standards home networking, including g.hn.

service providers at&t promoted g.hn for:

connect room no matter wiring type may be.
enable customer self-install
built-in diagnostic information , remote management
multiple silicon , equipment suppliers

other service providers contributors work itu-t study group include british telecom, telefónica, , at&t.

equipment vendors

on april 2008, during first announcement of homegrid forum, echostar, manufacturer of set-top boxes service provider market, expressed support unified standard:

consumer electronics

on march 2009, best buy (which largest retailer of consumer electronics in united states) joined board of directors of homegrid forum , expressed support g.hn.

panasonic, 1 of largest manufacturers of consumer electronics, contributor member of homegrid forum.

analysts

in 2008, several marketing firms promoted g.hn , made optimistic predictions.

other organizations

on february 25, 2009, 3 home networking organizations promoted incompatible technologies (cepca, homepna , universal powerline association), announced agreed work homegrid forum promote g.hn single next-generation standard wired home networking, , work ensure coexistence existing products in market.

on october 2008, continental automated buildings association (caba) , homegrid forum signed liaison agreement support homegrid forum’s efforts in conjunction itu-t g.hn make easy consumers connect devices , enjoy innovative applications using existing home wiring.

on july 2009, homegrid forum , dlna signed liaison agreement setting stage collaboration between 2 organizations , approval of g.hn dlna-recognized physical layer technology .

on june 2010, broadband forum , homegrid forum signed agreement deliver compliance , interoperability testing program products using g.hn technology. broadband forum support homegrid forum s validation of g.hn products, promotion of product conformance , interoperability, , expedite total time market homegrid forum certified products. on may 2011, both organizations jointly announced first open g.hn plugfest.

related standards

relationship between g.hnta , g.hn

itu g.9970 (also known g.hnta) recommendation developed itu-t describes generic architecture home networks , interfaces operators broadband access networks.

itu g.9972 (also known g.cx) recommendation developed itu-t specifies coexistence mechanism home networking transceivers capable of operating on power line wiring. coexistence mechanism allow g.hn devices implement g.9972 coexist other devices implementing g.9972 , operating on same power line wiring.