20 posts categorized "HomeGrid Forum"

If you're going to IPTV World Forum in London (March 23-25) make sure to connect with HomeGrid Forum

March 03, 2010 7:03 PM in HomeGrid Forum  | 0 comments  | 0 TrackBack

If you are attending the upcoming IPTV World Forum in London, make sure you connect with HomeGrid Forum, where they will be showcasing G.hn technology and demonstrate the power of this award-winning next-generation wired networking standard. 

As part of its activities at the event, the organization will host two seminars on G.hn to help service providers and network equipment manufacturers understand what’s necessary to deploy the technology.    

Some details are:

WHAT: ITU-T’s Next-Generation Wired Networking Standard and the IPTV Revolution: a seminar on G.hn and its applications, key components of the standard (including Physical and Data Link Layers, and coexistence mechanisms), and what service providers and network equipment manufacturers need to know to implement and deploy this technology.

WHO: Presented by HomeGrid Forum and its member companies, a growing number of industry-leading organizations including service providers, computer manufacturers, and consumer electronics companies.  Speakers will include representatives from BT, DS2, Intel, Lantiq, Sigma and others.

WHEN: Tuesday, March 23, 2010 – starting at 11:00 a.m. and a second session beginning at 2:30 p.m.

WHERE: IPTV World Forum, Olympia National Hall, London
            Training Theatre on Exhibit Floor

HomeGrid Forum will also host briefings in its booth 145. To schedule a briefing, please contact HomeGrid Forum at events@homegridforum.org.

Home Networking Standard, G.hn, Continues Worldwide Growth; HomeGrid Forum Adds New Members

February 24, 2010 8:02 PM in HomeGrid Forum  | 0 comments  | 0 TrackBack

HomeGrid Forum has just announced four new members to the global, non-profit trade group promoting the United Nations’ International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU-T) G.hn standardization efforts. 

HomeGrid Forum’s new members include: Polaris Networks, Taiwan-based IC Plus Corp, the Institute for Information Industry (III) and Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI). 

By joining HomeGrid Forum, these companies are recognizing the importance of G.hn as the single unified standard for wired home networking in the global marketplace as the technology draws closer to silicon shipment in 2010. 

 “Each of these companies is taking a leadership role in commercializing products based on G.hn. Polaris Networks will provide tools to aid in the development of G.hn devices. IC Plus, III and KERI are helping to promote and educate companies in the Asia-Pacific region on the advantages of G.hn for home networking,” said Matthew Theall, president of the HomeGrid Forum. “With silicon expected this year, the addition of these organizations both individually and as a whole, marks a significant step in the broad, worldwide development of new products based on G.hn as we move into the most prolific stage in development.” 

The members of the ITU-T’s G.hn Rappatour Group have created a specification for a single MAC/PHY technology which can run over coaxial cable, phone lines, or power lines. 

Through one worldwide standard, G.hn will unify the networking of content and devices over any of these wires. With it, service providers will be able to deploy new offerings including IPTV more cost effectively. Consumer electronics manufacturers will be able to provide powerful devices for connecting all types of entertainment, home automation, and security products throughout the house. 

G.hn participants include service providers, consumer electronics and information technology manufacturers, and component and intellectual property providers from around the world.

CES 2010: The Wired Home Network Means Green

January 11, 2010 9:01 PM in G.hn , HomeGrid Forum  | 0 comments  | 0 TrackBack

Green was a theme at CES 2010.

The wired home network is not just a matter of connecting your TVs and PCs.  

It's connecting and monitoring every device that touches your life inside and outside your home.

Follow HomeGrid Forum's lead in this regard.  

G.hn is more than just the wired home network.  It's going to also be about the wired home network and connecting it to the smart grid. As previously announced, the ITU-T G.hn workgroup has agreed upon a number of key specifications that together, are forming the baseline requirements for G.hn Smart Grid products.

New Webinar Available: Architecture of G.hn - the next generation wired home networking standards

December 02, 2009 11:12 AM in G.hn , HomeGrid Forum  | 0 comments  | 0 TrackBack

Home networking on existing wiring is currently plagued by fragmentation and lack of standardization. International Telecommunication Union (ITU-T) plans to fix that problem with its next-generation standard, G.hn. 

With the recent approval of key components of G.hn, this technology will soon deliver a single unified way for home networking using any wire --  power line, coaxial cable, and telephone wiring. 

How will G.hn deliver a single standard for all regions? What technical architecture can enable this technology? Find out by downloading the new webinar from HomeGrid Forum.

WHAT: This new technical webinar covers:

·       Architectural overview of G.hn technology

·       PHY Layer overview

·       Data Link Layer (DLL) overview

 

WHO: Authored by Barry O’Mahony, senior staff Systems engineer at Intel Labs, and Stefano Galli, Ph. D., lead scientist at Panasonic R&D Company of America.  Both Panasonic and Intel are HomeGrid Forum board members.

WHERE: To download the webinar and other materials from HomeGrid Forum, visit the organization’s Resource Library.

 

New Webinar Available: ITU-T G.hn – Wired Networking Inflection Point

October 26, 2009 3:10 PM in Home Networking , HomeGrid Forum  | 0 comments  | 0 TrackBack

Now that the International Telecommunication Union (ITU-T) has successfully approved key components of the G.hn specification at its October 2009 meeting held at the United Nations in Geneva, it’s time to start advancing the standard.

This new wireline standard, which is expected to be as transformational as WiFi has been, will allow silicon manufacturers to complete their development programs and bring products to market. Why is G.hn receiving support from countries and companies around the world? What is the impact of the ITU’s decision for consumer electronics manufacturers, service, and silicon providers? Where is the market headed?  Find out by downloading this new webinar from HomeGrid Forum. 

WHAT: This new webinar covers:

·      Key technical milestones achieved at most recent Geneva meeting

·      Coexistence and interoperability with existing technologies

·      Current support for G.hn on a global basis

·      Next steps in G.hn standardization process

 WHO: The webinar is presented by Venkat Uppuluri, director of product marketing at Sigma Design and HomeGrid board member, and Mario Finocchiaro, director of business development for Aware, Inc. and HomeGrid Forum member.

WHERE: To download the webinar and other materials from HomeGrid Forum, visit the organization’s Resource Library.

 

CopperGate Joins HomeGrid’s Board of Directors

July 28, 2009 3:07 PM in EveryWire , EveryWire.com , G.hn , Home Networking , HomeGrid Forum , Wired Home Networking  | 0 comments  | 0 TrackBack

HomeGrid Forum has just announced that it has recruited CopperGate Communications to become a member of its Board of Directors.

CopperGate brings to the table the big Kahunah telco, AT&T and 39 other service providers around the world who use the company’s chip sets.  As an AT&T U-verse customer, I know their stuff works.  It distributes traffic in the house and makes upgrades and remote service calls a breeze.

In the why history is so important department…. a little over a year ago, CopperGate bought the AV powerline technology of Conexant, giving the company a big footprint in coax, phoneline and powerline. 

My take is that CopperGate has been heading toward G.hn all along, and now that they are on the HomeGrid Board, they bring a ton of credibility to the organization’s vision of bringing next-generation, unified coaxial, phone line and powerline home networking standard to frution.

 

Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson Introduces the Connecting America Act of 2009 (Hmmm…. Why Not The Wired Home Networking Act of 2009?)

July 15, 2009 10:07 AM in EveryWire , EveryWire.com , G.hn , Home Networking , HomeGrid Forum , Wired Home Networking  | 0 comments  | 0 TrackBack

Telecompetitor is reporting on Republican Senator, Kay Bailey Hutchinson, introducing legislation known as the Connecting America Act of 2009 to help boost broadband in un-served and underserved markets.

 

What’s different about this pending legislation is that current grant and loan program underway through the broadband stimulus program, Hutchinson’s approach uses tax credits for companies investing in broadband infrastructure.

Ms. Hutchinson is not only an astute politician, but she’s just announced that she is going to be running for Governor of Texas against current Governor Rick Perry.

·      Given this legislation and given her desire to be Governor, I have a hat tip to the Senator:  reposition the legislation by calling it the Wired Home Networking Act of 2009.  

·      Team up with AT&T (who just happens to be run by a Republican supporting Chairman and CEO-Randall Stephenson) and whose company, Texas-based AT&T just happens to be a big supporter of G.hn, and promote tax credits for home owners who buy and invest in G.hn-based products. 

·      Maybe team up with HomeGrid Forum’s Board Member, Best Buy, and give home-owners a sales tax free holiday for one year on any G.hn-based products.  

Politics aside, Senator Hutchinson could bring a breath of fresh air into the conversation on the Governor’s race and advance the ITU’s new standard for home networking.

I’d welcome a meeting with the Senator so I can further elaborate. 

So, if you’re listening, Senator Hutchinson, how about a meeting anywhere in Texas?

HomeGrid Forum and DLNA Connect, Bringing Critical Mass to the G.hn Standard.

July 13, 2009 3:07 PM in DLNA , EveryWire , EveryWire.com , Home Networking , HomeGrid Forum  | 0 comments  | 0 TrackBack

 

Back in January at CES 2009, I remember seeing the Digital Living Network Alliance  (DLNA) everywhere. 

Sony. JVC.  Panasonic.  Samsumg.  Pionneer,  and more.   Name the big names and they were all on board the Digital Living Network Alliance, the non-profit trade group promoting the United Nations’ International Telecommunication Union’s (ITU-T) G.hn standardization efforts.

Today, HomeGrid Forum is announcing a liaison agreement with the DLNA setting the stage for collaboration between the two organizations and the approval of G.hn as a DLNA-recognized Physical Layer technology for the next-generation of home networking products.  You may download the news release here:

Download HGF - DLNA release FNL

This is big deal because it brings big time critical mass to an installed base of more than 5,000 DLNA Certified® devices worldwide, who can now look to HomeGrid and DLNA in helping them move up the wired home networking food chain.

Now Available: A Service Provider's Perspective on G.hn

May 18, 2009 2:05 PM in Alan Weinkrantz , AT&T , EveryWire , EveryWire.com , G.hn , Home Networking , HomeGrid Forum , Tom Starr , U-verse , Wired Home Networking  | 1 comments  | 0 TrackBack

The service provider landscape continues to dramatically change, with growing emphasis on increasingly complex multi-play offerings that include Internet Protocol-based voice, video, and high-speed data. 

These services need to not only be delivered to the home, but throughout the home to everywhere they are needed.  

What role will the service provider play in whole-home networking?  And what do these companies require from the next-generation wired networking technologies that will come to market?  Find out by downloading the new webinar from HomeGrid Forum. 

WHAT: This new webinar will deliver a service provider’s perspective on next-generation wired home networking, including:

·       Technical requirements for a next-generation standard

·       Critical improvements necessary for adoption

·       Considerations in transitioning from current- to next-generation standards

·       Differences in implementation in single and multi-dwelling units

·       Advantages of single vs. multiple standards/approaches

WHO: The webinar is presented by Tom Starr, lead member of technical staff at AT&T, and Mario Finocchiaro, director of business development for Aware, Inc. and secretary of the HomeGrid Forum.  (Note:  I recently had the chance to interview AT&T's Tom Starr, Lead Member of Technical Staff, which you may read here.)

     WHERE: To download the webinar and other materials from HomeGrid Forum, visit the organization’s Resource Library at http://www.homegridforum.org/resource_library

WHEN: The webinar is available now.

In-Stat and HomeGrid Forum Publish Webinar Addressing Evolution of the Home Network

May 05, 2009 3:05 AM in Alan Weinkrantz , EveryWire , EveryWire.com , G.hn , Home Networking , HomeGrid Forum , In-Stat , Joyce Putscher  | 0 comments  | 0 TrackBack

The market for home networking is rapidly evolving.  It's moving from highly segregated networks -- one for broadcast media services and the other for PC computing -- to much more integrated approaches.  Until now, everyone from consumers to major telecommunications service providers have had competing agendas.  But that's all changing.  

How will these networks evolve over time and what technologies are necessary for truly integrated, next-generation wired in-home networks?  Find out by downloading this new webinar.

 

WHAT:

This new webinar discusses the following:

·         Digital home vision

·         Forecast of home networks and throughput

·         How in-home networks are being driven by competing forces, and the result

·         Trends driving and shaping home networks

·         Opportunities for next-generation wired networks

WHO: The webinar is presented by Joyce Putscher, a Principal Analyst of In-Stat’s Digital Entertainment Group, and Matt Theall, President of the HomeGrid Forum and Technology Strategist focused on wired home networking for Intel's Digital Home Group.

 WHERE: To download the webinar and other materials from HomeGrid Forum, visit the organization’s Resource Library.

 WHEN: The webinar is available now.