Wi-SUN Alliance Opens Certification Program for Home Area Network (HAN) Systems
Program Extended to Support Multi-Hop and Battery Powered Devices
SHIBUYA, Japan, March 28, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- The Wi-SUN Alliance, a global ecosystem of companies seeking to accelerate the implementation of communication networking for Utilities, Smart Cities and the Internet of Things (IoT), today announced the introduction of its certification program for Enhanced HAN, a new Home Area Network communications profile. The program is now available for a wide range of consumer, enterprise, and operator-specific products. Systems that will benefit most from this certification program include home appliances and other devices for Home Energy Management Systems (HEMS). The Wi-SUN Alliance's appointed test laboratories in Japan are now ready for members to begin the certification process.
The Enhanced HAN communications profile is an interoperable, reliable and scalable low power wireless standard for Home Area Networks and supports communication between a Home Energy Management System (HEMS) and HAN devices.
What is Enhanced HAN?
The Enhanced HAN profile is an enhanced version of the original Wi-SUN HAN profile. The basic HAN profile defined a single-hop architecture and supported "N : 1 communication". Enhanced HAN, on the other hand, provides multi-hop capability with relay as well as support for sleeping devices, which can enter a very low power state when not communicating. This allows for extended battery life in sleeping devices.
The certification program for Enhanced HAN is scheduled to open in April 2018.
According to Dr. Hiroshi Harada, Kyoto University/NICT and chairman of the Wi-SUN Alliance HAN working group, "The Wi-SUN Enhanced HAN communication specification is defined for all application models which are necessary to complete HAN. Robust HEMS provided with stable throughput will be built by utilizing this specification."
Mr. Terumi Sata of ROHM Co., Ltd., chairman of Japan Marketing Sub-Committee stated, "This certification program is the most suitable choice for wireless devices that are highly reliable and are interoperable with home appliances based on ECHONET Lite. Vendors can now develop high performance HEMS products with a simple structure with devices that have obtained both certifications for HAN and B-route."
About Wi-SUN Alliance
The Wi-SUN Alliance is a global non-profit member-based association comprised of industry leading companies. Its mission is to drive the global proliferation of interoperable wireless solutions for use in smart cities, smart grids and other Internet of Things (IoT) applications using open global standards from international standards organizations, such as IEEE802, IETF, TIA, TTC and ETSI. With more than 170 members worldwide, membership of the Wi-SUN Alliance is open to all industry stakeholders and includes silicon vendors, product vendors, services providers, utilities, universities, enterprises and municipalities and local government organisations.
For more information, please visit: www.wi-sun.org.
Free Adopter Membership
Wi-SUN Alliance Adopter Membership is free of charge providing access to all approved technical profile specifications.
SOURCE Wi-SUN Alliance
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