[August 08, 2011] Grid2Home Reports on Wi-Fi Smart Energy Forum Tweet Aug 08, 2011 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Grid2Home, developer of Smart Energy Profile 2.0 (SEP 2) communication technologies, announced that it participated in the Wi-Fi Alliance Smart Energy Forum Aug. 2 and 3. According to a release, during the forum, Grid2Home demonstrated the G2H-SE2 Software operating across multiple Wi-Fi semiconductor platforms. In addition, Grid2Home Chief Technology Officer, Don Sturek, spoke during the SEP 2 over Wi-Fi panel on Aug. 2. "We are excited that Grid2Home was invited to participate in the Wi-Fi Alliance Smart Energy Forum," said Rick Kornfeld, CEO of Grid2Home. "The forum has addressed a pertinent set of topics for developers of smart energy enabling technologies, and has provided an excellent venue for demonstration of the latest and greatest the industry has to offer, such as our G2H-SE2 Software." The G2H-SE2 Software is interoperable across a range of devices, and has been ported to multiple hardware platforms and physical layers including Wi-Fi, ZigBee and PLC variants such as G3-PLC and HomePlug-GP. While on stage, Grid2Home demonstrated the G2H-SE2 Software's ability to work within a diverse ecosystem including multiple Wi-Fi semiconductor platforms and stacks. During the forum reception, Grid2Home demonstrated the G2H-SE2 Software on several Wi-Fi platforms including the Qualcomm Atheros AR4100 and additional semiconductor reference platforms from Texas Instruments, Marvell and Broadcom. In addition, the G2H-SE2 Software was demonstrated on a smart plug reference design based on GainSpan's GS1011M Wi-Fi module. The G2H-SE2 Software was also demonstrated running on ZigBee semiconductor platforms, as well as the G3 variant of Power Line Communications, thus demonstrating interoperability across a range of hardware platforms and physical layers. The Wi-Fi Smart Energy Forum is hosted by the Wi-Fi Alliance. George Arnold from NIST delivered a keynote address. "We congratulate Grid2Home on their participation in the Wi-Fi Smart Energy Forum SEP 2 Demonstration event," said Wi-Fi Alliance technical director Greg Ennis. "As Wi-Fi continues its momentum in smart energy applications, this demonstration, including the G2H-SE2 Software, is a testament to the industry's readiness for commercial deployment and the technology's suitability for a wide range of smart energy implementations." Grid2Home is a communications software company. The Wi-Fi Alliance is a non-profit industry association of hundreds of companies devoted to the proliferation of Wi-Fi technology across devices and market segments. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]