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G.hn Recognized as Smart Grid Standard
BEAVERTON, OR, Mar 05, 2013 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --
News Highlights:
-- The Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP), which was established as
a Smart Grid industry public-private partnership by the US National
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in 2009 to support its
EISA act responsibilities, has adopted high speed home networking
standard G.hn into its Catalog of Standards
-- The SGIP has also adopted G.cx, which specifies G.hn coexistence with
other PLC standards
-- HomeGrid Forum welcomes this major recognition for both G.hn and G.cx
The HomeGrid Forum announced today that the G.hn home networking
standard has been adopted into the prestigious Catalog of Standards
created by the Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP). The move
represents another important step forward in the acceptance of the
high speed home networking standard and comes just as many companies
are beginning to introduce G.hn products into their portfolios,
including utilities and Service Providers.
"This is a highly significant moment in the G.hn development story,"
commented HomeGrid Forum president John Egan. "We are delighted that
the SGIP voted to include G.hn and G.cx in its Catalog of Standards.
Since inclusion in the Catalog is achieved after a membership vote
which includes our industry peers and partners, as well as our
competitors, it is a measure of the recognition that this high speed
networking standard is achieving within the industry and of its
enormous potential in the smart grid arena."
G.hn, or Gigabit home networking, enables very high speed in-home
networking using existing household wires (powerline, phone line and
coax), enabling the delivery of high quality networked entertainment
including triple play and IPTV as well as supporting Smart Grid
applications.
The US NIST is responsible under the U.S. Energy Independence and
Security Act for the co-ordination of standards development for the
Smart Grid. The SGIP was established by NIST in 2009 as a
public-private partnership that defines requirements for essential
communication protocols and other common specifications and
coordinates development of these standards by the collaborating
organizations. The SGIP, now known as SGIP 2.0, produces a Catalog of
Standards (http://www.nist.gov/smartgrid/catalog_of_standards.cfm) as
a compendium of the approved standards, practices, and guidelines
relevant to the development and deployment of a robust, secure and
interoperable Smart Grid. Both G.hn and G.cx were evaluated by SGIP
committees and groups and reviewed against the necessary high-level
security requirements and other Smart Grid functionalities as part of
the SGIP process for inclusion to the Catalog, and were voted into
the Catalog by the SGIP plenary membership.
"We could not be more pleased at this announcement," added John Egan.
"The US market is highly competitive but the demand for a reliable,
secure, and resilient solution to the market's growing home
networking and Smart Grid needs has never been greater. The
endorsement of the SGIP demonstrates that we have a great technology
for the North American market, as well as globally."
About HomeGrid Forum
HomeGrid Forum (HGF) is an industry alliance
that supports the development and deployment of a unified coaxial,
phoneline, powerline, and plastic optic fiber home networking
technology called G.hn (Gigabit Home Networking). G.hn is based on
standards developed by the UN's International Telecommunications
Union - Telecom (ITU-T) standards development organization. HomeGrid
ensures compliance and interoperability (C&I) of silicon and systems
based on the technology through plugfests and C&I testing. HGF
certification ensures a high level of consumer and Service Provider
confidence in the quality of the certified products. A HomeGrid logo
is issued for certified systems' packaging in the retail market.
For more information on HomeGrid Forum, please visit
www.homegridforum.org or follow us on
http://twitter.com/homegrid_forum.
For more information please contact
Sheila Lashford
+44 (0) 7986 514240
Ellis Irwin
+44 (0) 1636 812152
pr@homegridforum.org
SOURCE: HomeGrid Forum
mailto:pr@homegridforum.org
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