G. hn is the common name for the "next generation" home network technology standard being developed under the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The work is being done in the ITU-T Telecommunication Standardization Sector, Study Group 15. The ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector ( ITU-T) coordinates standards for telecommunications on behalf of the International Telecommunication Over 20 companies are participating regularly representing a broad cross section of the communications industry including some of the worlds largest telephone companies, major communication equipment companies and some of the leading home networking technology companies.
Overview
G. hn contributors are working to develop the next generation standard for existing-wire home networking (a wired and complimentary counterpart to the very popular WiFi wireless home networking standard). G. hn has targeted gigabit per second data rates and operation over all three types of home wires: coax, powerline and phone wires.
G. hn proponents are working to make G. hn the future universal wired home networking standard worldwide; coexisting with and providing an evolution path from today's existing-wire home networking technologies including Multimedia over Coax Alliance over coax, HomePNA 3. The Multimedia over Coax Alliance develops specifications for Home networking over in-home coaxial cable which is commonly used for antenna connections to TVs and radios and The HomePNA Alliance (formerly the Home Phoneline Networking Alliance also known as HPNA) is an incorporated non-profit industry association of companies that develops and 1 over coax and phone wires (already an ITU standard G. 9954), and Homeplug AV, Universal Powerline Association (UPA) and HD-PLC over powerline. HomePlug is an Industry trade group for Power line communication. The Universal Powerline Association (UPA is a Trade association which covers all Power line communication markets and all Power line communication applications
The "killer" application for existing wire home network technologies is IPTV especially IPTV offered by a service provider as part of a Triple play (telecommunications) video, voice and data service offering such as AT&T's U-Verse. IPTV ( Internet Protocol Television) is a system where a Digital television service is delivered using Internet Protocol over a network infrastructure which In Baseball, a triple play (denoted by TP) is the rare act of making three outs during the same continuous play in baseball Before proposing a merge request please see Talk and see if the merger you propose has recently been made and AT&T U-verse is the brand name for a group of services provided over Internet Protocol (IP including television service Internet access and voice telephone service
The promise of G. hn is one semiconductor device that can be used to networtk over any home wires. Some benefits of the final standard are expected to be lower equipment development costs and lower deployment costs for service providers.
Status
The standard has been in development since 2006. The group is now working to an accelerated schedule holding monthly face to face meetings. Completion is targeted for the end of 2008.
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