Wi-Fi Alliance strikes deal to help develop smart grid apps

The Wi-Fi Alliance has teamed up with the HomePlug Powerline Alliance, which promotes smart grid technologies, to develop a set of joint standards.

While products are likely to be some way off, a standard would allow Wifi devices to link to home powerline networks, allowing home PCs and other Wifi devices to be networked using the power cables in the walls.

While the data transfer rate is currently just 85Mbps, a new specification, HomePlug AV2 broadband, is due for completion in the first quarter of next year and should allow speeds of up to 600Mbps.

"Both Wifi and HomePlug solutions will play key roles in energy management and connecting home systems and appliances to the smart grid," said Rob Ranck, president of the HomePlug Powerline Alliance.

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