CENELEC

The European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization is a non-profit, technical organization whose mission is to prepare voluntary electrotechnical standards that help develop the Single European Market/European Economic Area for electrical and electronic goods and services. Activities include removing barriers to trade, creating new markets and cutting compliance costs.

CISPR

The Special International Committee on Radio Interference is concerned with developing norms for detecting, measuring and comparing electromagnetic interference in electrical devices. CISPR is also one of the sub-committees in the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).

ETSI

The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) is an independent, non-profit organization whose mission is to produce telecommunications standards for today and for the future. MainNet is active in the ETSI Project PLT that standardizes Powerline Communications (PLC) systems by using existing public and private mains power wiring for the transmission of telecommunication signals.

HomePlug Powerline Alliance

HomePlug is an industrial Alliance comprising industry leaders at each level of the value chain - from Technology to Services and Content. Alliance members bring vital capabilities and a financial commitment to the successful launch of any BPL technology. MainNet is an active member in the Marketing Group as well as in the HomePlug Access BPL Technical Working Group, responsible for defining the HomePlug BPL standard, which is the Alliance's specification for to-the-home powerline communication technologies. In addition, the company is active in the following:

• Policy Creation and Management Working Group
• HomePlug BPL Working Group
• HomePlug Marketing Working Group (active contribution member)
• HomePlug Europe Working Group (active contribution member)
  http://www.homeplug.org/

IEEE

The IEEE (Eye-triple-E) is a non-profit, technical professional association of more than 365,000 individual members in approximately 150 countries. (The full name of this association is the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.). Through its members, the IEEE is a leading authority in technical areas ranging from computer engineering, biomedical technology and telecommunications, through to (among others) electric power, aerospace engineering and consumer electronics..

MainNet is active in the following IEEE standards groups:

IEEE P1901 - Standard for Broadband over Power Line Networks: Medium Access Control and Physical Layer Specifications
IEEE P1675 - Standard for Broadband over Powerline Hardware
IEEE P1775 - Standard for Broadband Powerline Communication Equipment –Testing and Measurement Methods

OPERA

The main objective of the current Open PLC European Research Alliance (OPERA) project is to perform the required research, as well as the demonstration and dissemination of powerline communication solutions on a European scale. Promotion of PLC technology in this way, allows European citizens to enjoy its many advantages.