General Overview

HomeGrid Forum supports the deployment of a next-generation, unified coaxial, phone line and powerline home networking standard, ensures compliance and interoperability of the technology and issues a certified logo for use in consumer markets.

HomeGrid currently has five work groups: a Clean Tech workgroup, a G.hn Contribution workgroup, a Compliance & Interoperability workgroup, a Smart Grid/Smart Energy workgroup and a Marketing workgroup with the goals of helping establish industries' technical requirements, ensuring interoperability, and branding and marketing HomeGrid Certified Products.

The purpose of HomeGrid Forum is to:

• Work within ITU G.hn to maintain the next-generation of home networking using using in-home wiring (coaxial cable, phone line and powerline).
• Create and maintain a compliance program to enable an ecosystem of interoperable products based on the ITU-T G.hn specification.
• Encourage and promote the adoption and widespread utilization of the HomeGrid Brand.