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Consumer Electronics Powerline Communication Alliance
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Consumer Electronics Powerline Communication Alliance
The Consumer Electronics Powerline Communication Alliance (CEPCA) is a non
profit corporation established to promote and continuously advance high speed
PLC technology to utilize and implement a new generation of consumer
electronics products through the rapid, broad and open industry adoption of
CEPCA Specifications.
Today there are many conflicting PLC technologies in the marketplace, and it
is unrealistic to state that one technology rise an industry standard in the
next year or two. However, CEPCA members see market opportunities for PLC
now, in access, audio, and video applications. The CEPCA specification is a
tool, insurance to minimize the risk of product returns (or power company
service calls). By standardizing PLC technology, manufacturers can simply
require their PLC vendor to embed the lightweight CEPCA smart coexistence
specification in its chips.
Mission & Purpose
The Alliance encourages the rapid, broad and open industry adoption of specifications developed by the organization to promote and continuously advance high speed PLC technology to utilize and implement a new generation of consumer electronics products. This goal will be furthered through the pursuit of the activities set forth below:
- Development of specifications enabling the coexistence
- Between in-home PLC Systems
- Between Access PLC Systems and in-home PLC Systems
- Incorporate the CEPCA specification into international standards.
- Promotion of high speed PLC technologies in order to achieve world-wide adoption thereof.
- Introduction to the Alliance, Michael Stelts - September, 2005 (.ppt, 465Kb)
- CEPCA Overview or 中文信息!, Michael Stelts - March, 2006 (.pps, 550Kb)
- Frequently Asked Questions (.pdf)
History and Achievement
| June 2005 | CEPCA created the basic coexistence function |
| September 2005 | Basic coexistence test was performed |
| October 2005 | CEPCA and UPA started the collaboration to unify the coexistence specification |
| June 2006 | CEPCA Coexistence specification was submitted to ETSI WI20 |
| July 2006 | CEPCA and UPA collaborated proposal was submitted to ETSI WI20 |
| June 2007 | CEPCA/UPA proposal was submitted to IEEE-P1901 |
| December 2007 | The modified proposal by CEPCA/SiConnect/HomePlug was submitted to IEEE-P1901 |
| December 2008 | The modified proposal which include the coexistence with G.hn was submitted to IEEE-P1901 and passed the confirmation vote |
Whitepaper & Presentations
- The Inter-PHY Protocol (IPP): A Simple Coexistence Protocol for Shared Media - Stefano Galli, Akio Kurobe, Masato Ohura, Panasonic Corporation
Abstract: The power line (PL) is a shared medium, so that PL devices deployed on the same PL network must share the available capacity. Since there are today several incompatible technologies in the market and no available standard, it is expected that these different technologies will continue to be deployed for some time thus giving rise to the necessity of adopting coexistence mechanisms, i.e. mechanisms allowing non-interoperable devices to efficiently share channel resources. This problem has seldom been addressed in the literature and the goal of this contribution is to fill this gap. A simple coexistence mechanism is here presented and its performances assessed via simulations. A particular version of this algorithm has been proposed to the IEEE P1901 and to the ITU-T SG15/Q4 G.9960 (G.hn) Working Groups. - The Inter-PHY Protocol (IPP): A Simple Co-Existence Protocol - Dr. Stefano Galli, Lead Scientist, Panasonic Corporation, at IEEE International Symposium on Power Line Communications, Dresden, Germany, Mar. 31 2009
Events
CEPCA is a Supporting Organization for 2009 CONNECTIONS™ Events
CONNECTIONS™: The Digital Living Conference & Showcase
CONNECTIONS™ Europe Summit -Amsterdam, Netherlands
June 2-4, 2009
November 4, 2009
Santa Clara, CA
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Santa Clara Convention Center
Mövenpick Hotel Amsterdam City Centre
Click Here to see past events
CEPCA Members
Promoter Members
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Contributor Members
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Please contact Consumer Electronic Powerline Communication Alliance for questions.













