Leading up to next week's IEEE meeting, the proposal submitted by the HomePlug Powerline Alliance together with Panasonic, continues to move towards comprehending a broad range of industry requirements which will allow the creation of an international standard for In-Home and Access powerline communication technologies.
The announcement from the alliance comes following a vote in mid-October in which the IEEE P1901 work group rejected all other proposals, leaving the HomePlug/Panasonic proposal as the only remaining proposal under consideration.
According to the alliance, the advantages of powerline communications for digital home services such as IPTV, multi-room DVR and broadband access are clear. No other multimedia networking technology can meet the high levels of coverage, performance and convenience demanded by digital services in today's networked home. As such, members of the HomePlug Alliance and Panasonic are actively working with members of the IEEE P1901 work group and outside industry stakeholders to ensure that the specifications address the broadest spectrum of the requirements.
"The HomePlug Powerline Alliance and the IEEE share the common goal of creating a single powerline standard," says Matthew Theall from Intel Corporation, who serves as President of the HomePlug Powerline Alliance. "The goal of the HomePlug Alliance is to focus on working with others to create the absolute best solution for the industry by creating a single standard that will benefit consumers worldwide. We continue to make excellent progress, and we believe it is in the best interest of those involved to incorporate the interests and suggestions of all parties, large and small, as we move towards a truly ubiquitous standard."
For more information, visit www.homeplug.org or http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/1901.
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