Editing HomePNA (section)

== History ==

HomePNA 1.0 technology was developed by Tut Systems in the 1990s. The original protocols used [[balanced pair]] telephone wire. 

HomePNA 2.0 was developed by Epigram and was approved by the [[ITU]] as Recommendations G.9951, G.9952 and G.9953.

HomePNA 3.0 was developed by [[Broadcom]] (which had purchased Epigram) and Coppergate Communications and was approved by the ITU as Recommendation G.9954  in February 2005.

HomePNA 3.1 was developed by Coppergate Communications<ref name="Spec">{{citation | url = http://www.homepna.org/en/spec_download/download_request.asp | publisher = HomePNA | title = Specifications download request | access-date = 2008-04-30 | archive-date = 2008-05-18 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080518134644/http://www.homepna.org/en/spec_download/download_request.asp | url-status = dead }}</ref> and was approved by the ITU as Recommendation G.9954  in January 2007. HomePNA 3.1 added [[Ethernet over coax]]. HomePNA 3.1 uses frequencies above those used for [[digital subscriber line]] and analog voice calls over phone wires and below those used for broadcast and [[direct-broadcast satellite]] TV over coax, so it can coexist with those services on the same wires.

In March 2009, HomePNA announced  a liaison agreement with the [[HomeGrid Forum]] to promote the ITU-T [[G.hn]] wired home networking standard.<ref>[http://www.smartbrief.com/news/aaaa/industryBW-detail.jsp?id=045AB37A-CC0F-4F09-A67A-ACED0206B8EB HomePNA and HomeGrid Sign Liaison Agreement] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001094148/http://www.smartbrief.com/news/aaaa/industryBW-detail.jsp?id=045AB37A-CC0F-4F09-A67A-ACED0206B8EB |date=2011-10-01 }}, Groups Work to Promote New ITU G.hn Global Wired Home Networking Standard</ref> In May 2013 the HomePNA alliance merged with the HomeGrid Forum.<ref>{{Cite news |title= HomeGrid Forum & HomePNA Alliance Merge |work= Press release |date= May 28, 2013 |url= http://www.homepna.org/merger/HomeGridForum_and_HomePNA_Announce_Merger.pdf |access-date= November 30, 2013 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170324193638/http://www.homepna.org/merger/HomeGridForum_and_HomePNA_Announce_Merger.pdf |archive-date= March 24, 2017 |url-status= dead }}</ref>