Everywire. Everywhere.
The future of Home Entertainment Networking is G.hn and the future of G.hn is CopperGate.
G.hn is the ITU-T recommendation G.9960 - the next generation home entertainment network standard that boasts:
- Support for coax, phone lines and power lines in one chipset
- Up to triple the performance of current generation wired home network standards
- Universal, global appeal with support of recognized standards body, ITU
- Next generation robustness
- Self installation by end users
- Completely plug and play - no passwords or tricky security set-up
CopperGate Plays a Leading Role in G.hn
CopperGate is one of the leading proponents of G.hn and is active in the G.hn work group that helped ratify the foundation standard in December 2008. CopperGate is considered one of the leaders in G.hn. Analysts and press agree that CopperGate is the frontrunner in implementing G.hn.
CopperGate is in a unique position after the purchase of Conexant's HomePlug AV business in May 2008. This acquisition brought 10 years of power-line experience to the CopperGate team. Now, CopperGate has extensive expertise in all media: coax, phoneline and powerline.
Target Devices
G.hn represents the true potential of home entertainment networking. This universal standard delivers the ultimate in performance with the highest level of interconnectivity among devices in the home (in homes throughout the world)! G.hn chips will be integrated into:
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Target Applications
G.hn is perfect for virtually every kind of home entertainment network including IPTV, Triple Play, Whole Home DVR and more. It is also an excellent technology for access in MDU and hospitality and Broadband Access applications. Finally, G.hn will be used as an extender to Femtocells and other cell solutions.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is G.hn?
G.hn is the name of the ITU-T standards subgroup handling next generation home networking solutions. In December, the standard this group had been working on was converted to Recommendation G.9960. Therefore, when you see either of these names, they both represent this exciting new standard.
When will G.hn become a complete standard?
G.hn is expected to achieve complete consent in September 2009.
What has been agreed to so far?
The work group worked very diligently and delivered in December a "foundation standard" that specifies the entire physical layer of the standard (also known as the PHY). This includes the forward error correction code (LDPC), the Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) parameters and other critical PHY layer issues.
What is left to be agreed upon?
In addition to the PHY, the group made significant progress on Media Access Control (MAC) related technical issues. While these items were not ratified in December, many foundational MAC issues have been discussed and basic agreements have been made already.
How will G.hn handle existing standards in the market today such as HomePNA?
G.hn is a next generation standard. It is not backward compatible with existing home networking standards. However, most companies will implement backward compatibility to support legacy standards. This is easy to do in chip implementations without burdening the standard with mandatory components that many companies won't or can't implement easily.
When will G.hn chips become available?
G.hn chip samples are expected in late 2009 or in 2010 with production chips in 2010.
When will devices with G.hn chips become broadly available?
G.hn-based devices should be ready in late 2010 or early 2011.
What will a G.hn architecture look like?
