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Well, fun times in IEEE 1901 land....

As I mentioned in my previous blog, that IEEE 1901 is making siginificant strides towards completion of the specification and an important step towards it was the approval of the letter ballot in July. Since then the group has dedicated its time to resolving the comments.

As per the last weeks' IEEE 1901 Boston meeting, we have resolved more than 50% of the comments. Unlike other standards group(where the editor decides himself as to the resolution is consulted before the comments are disposed.

Also, last week, the IEEE 1901 group unanimously agreed to include Smart Energy and Transportation Platform in the PAR.

During the meeting in Boston, the working group also decided to stop the development of the ITU-T G.hn Compatible PHY/MAC Draft option. Related chapters and annexes were removed from the Draft, becausse of the immaturity of the G.hn specifications.

Looking at the group composition one can really appreciate the diversity of IEEE 1901 membership ranging from utilities, service providers, OEMs, ODMs, technology integrators, CE manufacturers, silicon manufacturers etc. The groups' membership has been increasing steadily over the course of time.

Things are moving forward in a positive way and we expect the specfications to be ready soon.

Thanks
P Raj