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​​​The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has established an expert focus group to work towards international technical standards for the metaverse, reports ITREALMS. 

The focus group, ITREALMS gathered, offers a venue to start laying the groundwork for technical standards that can help create an underlying technology and business ecosystem that encourages market entry, innovation, and cost efficiency in a sector expected by some industry analysts to grow to a value of nearly USD 800 billion by 2024.

HGF releases white paper on ‘Coexistence and Interoperability’

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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.

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HomeGrid President says certification critical for IoT interoperability success

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The President of HomeGrid Forum (HGF), Donna Yasay, has identified certification as critical for Internet-of-Things (IoT) interoperability success, reports ITRealms.

Speaking at a panel of technology peers at IoT Tech Expo in North America on how certification programmes are at the forefront of interoperability, said it’s the answer for vendors looking to keep up with today’s growing industry for smart home innovation. 

“To ensure multi-vendor interoperability, accredited industry certification programs should be used for every product to provide credibility and quality assurance for retail and carrier based customers looking to add ever increasing numbers of devices to the home network,” commented Yasay. “The successful global adoption of the Internet of Things is dependent on a robust and secure home network,” Yasay said. 

IoT applications, Yasay said, typically use simple, low bit-rate devices; hence the key requirements are in-home coverage, security and auto-configuration. 

Yasay also noted that however at the same time there is a growing need for much faster in-home networks.

Buttressing her point with a recent iGR report, she pointed out that it showed average monthly broadband usage in the United States (US) homes is 190 gigabytes per month, with more than 95 per cent of this traffic being video.

In addition, she said that Juniper Research recent study  which showed that 4K Over-The Top (OTT) adoption is set to rise from 2.3 million users globally this year, to 189 million by 2021.

This, she said, translates to 1 in 500 US residents currently watching 4K online, but by 2021, it will be 1 in 10, a massive increase in access and in-home bandwidth.

She further said that the beauty of G.hn is that it could provide a single in-home network that meets the needs of both IoT applications and ultrafast video.

“G.hn technology can provide seamless wired connectivity or a backbone for multiple wireless access points and IoT devices to greatly improve the wireless coverage within a home,” she explained.

Pointing out that today’s average household has advanced from having one user watching the occasional video on YouTube, to several users watching whole television series independently and simultaneously, using platforms such as Amazon Video and Netflix.

“G.hn is now widely regarded as the obvious choice for reliably delivering high bandwidth services and applications, and will increasingly be used to help connect IoT devices. This can either be as a backbone for low-speed wireless IoT technologies, or embedding the powerline variant of G.hn in large, fixed, mains-powered devices such as washing machines and refrigerators,” she said.

Therefore, interoperability, she said, is key to both these very different applications, stressing that HomeGrid Forum thus provides G.hn silicon and system certification through a strict compliance and interoperability testing programme to ensure the simplest and most secure means for consumers to connect their increasing number of devices and applications using the home network.

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Px: President of HomeGrid Forum (HGF), Donna Yasay