Synapse Wireless, a provider of Internet-enabled, wireless machine-to-machine, or “M2M,” communication systems is embracing the OpenHAN specifications for the advancement of smart grid home automation networks. 

Wade Patterson, CEO of Synapse, said that the company currently has an auto-forming, multi-hop, mesh network, software system that brings interoperability to the Internet using existing standards.

 “We have the technology that supports the goals of UCAIug's OpenHAN today," Patterson said. 

 As a member of the UCAInternational Users Group, or “UCAIug,” a non-profit users group comprised of organizations involved in the electric utility industry’s smart grid initiative, it seems highly plausible that the company hopes to use its technological expertise to advancement the movement. 

The company’s OpenHAN specification has the ability to establish initial requirements for the development of well managed and secure customer communications systems. 

According to Frost & Sullivan (News - Alert), the company’s wireless strategy represents a complementary system that would create an essentially flawless transition to power management, renewables, demand response and smart grid technologies.

With the constant busy lifestyles, having a home automated system to monitor and control the use of energy within a given household, would save not only time, but an abundance of unnecessary power usage. 

"Energy metering and building monitoring benefit from Synapse's wireless technology solution due to its ability to retrieve information from harsh environments, which can then be put on an IP infrastructure and accessed remotely," Frost & Sullivan officials said.

Panasonic (News - Alert) Industrial Company’s Richard Trueman, part of the smart grid OpenHAN movement, said that the collaboration with Synapse will provide individuals looking to conserve on home power usage the best software standard for personal area networks. 

And, with the recent initiatives taken by major enterprises like Cisco, IBM and Duke Energy, as well as specific locations such as San Diego, the ramp up of smart grid technology seems to be causing a stir in the telecom industry.