Editing Power-line communication (section)

=== Home networking (LAN) ===

Power line communications can also be used in a home to interconnect home computers and peripherals, and home entertainment devices that have an [[Ethernet]] port. Powerline adapter sets plug into power outlets to establish an Ethernet connection using the existing electrical wiring in the home (power strips with filtering may absorb the power line signal). This allows devices to share data without the inconvenience of running dedicated network cables.

The widely deployed powerline networking standard are from [[Nessum Alliance]] and [[HomePlug Powerline Alliance]]. HomePlug Powerline Alliance announced in October 2016 that it would wind down its activities, and the Alliance website (homeplug.org) has been closed. [[Nessum]] (formerly [[HD-PLC]]), and HomePlug AV which is the most current of the HomePlug specifications were adopted by the [[IEEE 1901]] group as baseline technologies for their standard, published 30 December 2010. HomePlug estimates that over 45 million HomePlug devices have been deployed worldwide. Other companies and organizations back different specifications for power line home networking and these include the [[Universal Powerline Association]], [[SiConnect]], [[Xsilon]], and the [[ITU-T]]'s [[G.hn]] (HomeGrid) specification.