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Broadband Access
HomePlug alliance debunks G.hn myths
by Sean Buckley
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In this Audiocast, Rob Ranck, president of the HomePlug Alliance, talks about how the proposed G.hn standard is more of a divisive versus a cooperative force.
Ranck addresses the following questions in this Audiocast:
There’s been a lot of debate and interest around the ITU’s proposed G.hn home networking standard. Home Grid Forum argues it provides unity the industry, but others believe it fractures it by introducing another standard that is not compatible with the installed base. What’s your take?
HomePlug believes that there needs to be a workable mix of Powerline, coax, Cat-5/6, and wireless solutions that can be easily combined on a single network to offer users a comprehensive HAN solution for any situation, but apparently arbitrary decisions made by the G.hn committee make it incompatible with HomePlug and every other powerline device on the market. Can you talk about this issue?
Some have questioned the logic of introducing yet another powerline standard into an established market that will degrade the performance of all powerline devices?
One of the other things I noticed about G.hn is the lack of service provider presence. Do you believe that is an issue?
There is talk by companies supporting G.hn to switch the FEC coding scheme to turbo coding to improve performance on the powerline. Since this is the key difference between G.hn and HomePlug/P1901, why not make the standard compatible with HomePlug/P1901 in the first place?
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