The HomeGrid Forum (HGF) has released a white paper entitled “Coexistence and Interoperability
in a mixed vendor PLC environment,” reports
ITRealms.
The
paper, ITRealms gathered described these two different
concepts and their roles in providing the best
possible user experience and avoiding false expectations from users looking to expand their network.
The white paper explained
the importance of interoperability
in networking technologies and how this allows different chipsets to send
and receive data between each other. Coexistence is a different concept, as it
attempts to solve the problem of devices using different, non-interoperable
technologies on the same physical network segment.
Donna Yasa[DigitalREALMS] HGF releases white paper on
‘Coexistence and Interoperability’
The HomeGrid Forum (HGF) has released a white paper entitled “Coexistence and Interoperability
in a mixed vendor PLC environment,” reports
ITRealms.
The
paper, ITRealms gathered described these two different
concepts and their roles in providing the best
possible user experience and avoiding false expectations from users looking to expand their network.
The white paper explained
the importance of interoperability
in networking technologies and how this allows different chipsets to send
and receive data between each other. Coexistence is a different concept, as it
attempts to solve the problem of devices using different, non-interoperable
technologies on the same physical network segment.
Donna Yasay, President of HomeGrid Forum, said interoperability,
backwards compatibility, coexistence and neighbouring network interference are all concepts that could have a
very real impact on the usability and performance of powerline technologies.
HomeGrid Forum, she said, has an important
role in pushing implementations to support these concepts, but without introducing
unnecessary costs.
The highly versatile nature of G.hn, according to HGF was also highlighted in the paper.
“It explains how coexistence can be accomplished
for powerline technologies using the Inter System Protocol (ISP), which has
already been implemented into some G.hn silicon, unlike other technologies which can be
present on a physical powerline segment,”
Yasay said.
Further, she
posited that some G.hn
silicon have implemented a proprietary mechanism to achieve partial coexistence by recognising the presence of other technologies. Just
as G.hn is the only standard for
wired home networks that incorporates effective mitigation of interference from
neighbouring powerline systems.
y, President of HomeGrid Forum, said interoperability,
backwards compatibility, coexistence and neighbouring network interference are all concepts that could have a
very real impact on the usability and performance of powerline technologies.
HomeGrid Forum, she said, has an important
role in pushing implementations to support these concepts, but without introducing
unnecessary costs.
The highly versatile nature of G.hn, according to HGF was also highlighted in the paper.
“It explains how coexistence can be accomplished
for powerline technologies using the Inter System Protocol (ISP), which has
already been implemented into some G.hn silicon, unlike other technologies which can be
present on a physical powerline segment,”
Yasay said.
Further, she
posited that some G.hn
silicon have implemented a proprietary mechanism to achieve partial coexistence by recognising the presence of other technologies. Just
as G.hn is the only standard for
wired home networks that incorporates effective mitigation of interference from
neighbouring powerline systems.
