HomePlug® Powerline Alliance To Certify IEEE 1901 Products Based On Recent Merged Proposal; Also Ratifies Command & Control 1.0 Specification
The HomePlug® Powerline Alliance announced its intent to certify IEEE 1901 products. This certification will be based on the Alliance’s recently merged proposal to ensure compliance with the IEEE specification and will be designed to be interoperable with other products in the market. The IEEE P1901 Work Group is expected to approve a proposal later this year.
"The HomePlug Powerline Alliance is truly excited about our involvement in the IEEE’s Broadband over Powerline efforts. From the beginning, the HomePlug Alliance has always been committed to a single interoperable standard for this breakthrough technology, and HomePlug’s member companies have been deeply involved in the IEEE work groups," said Oleg Logvinov, President and CEO of Arkados, Inc., who serves as Chief Strategy Officer of the HomePlug Powerline Alliance.
The HomePlug Alliance also announced that its Board of Directors has ratified the HomePlug Command and Control (C&C) 1.0 specification, and that it is now available to HomePlug members. Additionally, the Command and Control 1.0 Protocol specification is being developed by the C&C specification working group. The Alliance is in the planning stages of a comprehensive compliance and interoperability (C&I) product certification program for Command and Control applications, which includes a product certification "Plugfest," where products are tested for seamless compatibility with other HomePlug technologies and ultimately granted the HomePlug certification mark.
"The new HomePlug Command and Control technology platform will usher in a new era of home automation and create a wide variety of innovative solutions that improve the quality of peoples’ lives," said Pete Griffin, Director of Corporate Technology for RadioShack Corp., who serves as Chairman of the HomePlug Powerline Alliance. "Through an open process, we tested a wide variety of existing Command and Control solutions and selected the best baseline technology available. Now that there’s been significant study and input from our international team and the specification has been completed, consumers can expect to see a breadth of solutions, including advanced energy management and whole-house control of lighting, appliances, climate control, security and other devices."
