New G.hn ITU standard approved for home networks

The International Telecommunication Union has approved a standard for high speed networking over multiple types of in-home wiring.

Vendors will be able to use the standard to build network hardware to send high-definition TV from room to room, the ITU said. Without specifying speeds, G.hn networks will deliver 20 times the throughput of current wireless technologies and three times the performance of wired-home networks.

As service providers begin to deliver high-definition TV and video-on-demand to homes, the Wi-Fi networks that consumers typically use to share a broadband Internet connection have not been up to the task of sending that content from room to room. Several industry groups, including the Home Phone Network Alliance (HomePNA), the HomePlug Powerline Alliance and the Multimedia Over Coax Alliance (MOCA), have pushed different technologies to take advantage of the wires and sockets already in homes.
A new industry group, the HomeGrid Forum, has been formed to create a compliance and interoperability program and market G.hn worldwide.

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Courtesy - Computerworld.