Four G.hn chipset manufacturers converged in Geneva,
Switzerland for the world’s first open G.hn Interoperability
Plugfest.
A joint effort of HomeGrid Forum and the Broadband Forum
hosted at the ITU-T’s global headquarters and organized by University of New Hampshire
InterOperability Laboratory, The event presented the first open
opportunity for silicon vendors to test the interoperability of their
products, based on the G.hn home networking standard, which will be globally
deployed by many service providers, PC manufacturers, appliance
manufacturers and consumerelectronics companies.
Lantiq, Marvell Semiconductor, Metanoia, and Sigma
Designs participated in the interoperability event with their G.hn silicon test
platforms. The success achieved highlights the maturity of the various
vendors’ designs as well as the completeness of the G.hn standard. G.hn
interoperability is critical as it ensures a common standard for very high
speed home networking options across different wired media.
“G.hn is here. It’s now, service providers are
excited we have concluded this event and we are thrilled to report the successful completion of the
testing. G.hn is already a reality with silicon now ready for
deployment,” said Matt Theall, president of HomeGrid Forum.
“The Broadband Forum is
happy that the first G.hn Interoperability Plugfest has been completed successfully. We look forward
to the next steps in completing the test plans required to enable
interoperability of G.hn products,” said Robin Mersh, CEO of the
Broadband Forum.
HomeGrid Forum is rolling out its Compliance and
Interoperability certification program in 2011, allowing HomeGrid Forum
certified products to be brought to the market this year and establishing a
new industry benchmark of technology excellence for wired home
networking.
By telecomlead.com Team
editor@telecomlead.com
