IEEE 1901
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IEEE 1901 is an international standard that defines high-speed broadband communication over power lines, enabling data transmission for applications like home networking and smart grid systems.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| IEEE 1901 canonical | 2 |
| IEEE Standard for Broadband over Power Line Networks: Medium Access Control and Physical Layer Specifications | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3740007 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: IEEE 1901 Context triple: [PLC (Power Line Communication), hasStandard, IEEE 1901]
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A.
IEEE 1532
IEEE 1532 is an extension of the JTAG boundary-scan standard that defines in-system programming and configuration procedures for programmable devices such as FPGAs and CPLDs.
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B.
IEEE 1815
IEEE 1815 is an IEEE standard that formally defines the DNP3 protocol used for reliable, secure communication in electric power and industrial control systems.
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C.
IEEE 1196
IEEE 1196 is the IEEE standard that formally defines the NuBus computer bus architecture used in various workstation and personal computer systems.
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D.
IEEE 802.18
IEEE 802.18 is the Radio Regulatory Technical Advisory Group within the IEEE 802 standards community that focuses on spectrum and regulatory issues affecting wireless LAN and MAN technologies.
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E.
IEEE 802.3az
IEEE 802.3az is an Energy-Efficient Ethernet standard that reduces power consumption in Ethernet links by allowing them to enter low-power idle modes during periods of low data activity.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: IEEE 1901 Target entity description: IEEE 1901 is an international standard that defines high-speed broadband communication over power lines, enabling data transmission for applications like home networking and smart grid systems.
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A.
IEEE 1532
IEEE 1532 is an extension of the JTAG boundary-scan standard that defines in-system programming and configuration procedures for programmable devices such as FPGAs and CPLDs.
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B.
IEEE 1815
IEEE 1815 is an IEEE standard that formally defines the DNP3 protocol used for reliable, secure communication in electric power and industrial control systems.
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C.
IEEE 1196
IEEE 1196 is the IEEE standard that formally defines the NuBus computer bus architecture used in various workstation and personal computer systems.
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D.
IEEE 802.18
IEEE 802.18 is the Radio Regulatory Technical Advisory Group within the IEEE 802 standards community that focuses on spectrum and regulatory issues affecting wireless LAN and MAN technologies.
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E.
IEEE 802.3az
IEEE 802.3az is an Energy-Efficient Ethernet standard that reduces power consumption in Ethernet links by allowing them to enter low-power idle modes during periods of low data activity.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
IEEE standard
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power line communication standard ⓘ telecommunications standard ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
low-voltage power line networks
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medium-voltage power line networks ⓘ |
| defines |
broadband over power line communication
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high-speed data communication over power lines ⓘ medium access control layer for power line networks ⓘ physical layer specifications for power line networks ⓘ |
| domain |
broadband networking
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power line communications ⓘ smart grid communications ⓘ |
| enables |
IP networking over power lines
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broadband internet access via power line infrastructure ⓘ |
| focusesOn | high-speed broadband communication ⓘ |
| fullName |
IEEE 1901
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
IEEE Standard for Broadband over Power Line Networks: Medium Access Control and Physical Layer Specifications
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| geographicScope | international ⓘ |
| includes |
CSMA/CA-based medium access control
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OFDM-based physical layer ⓘ TDMA-based medium access control ⓘ coexistence mechanisms for multiple PLC systems ⓘ interference mitigation techniques ⓘ security mechanisms for PLC networks ⓘ |
| intendedFor |
commercial networks
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residential networks ⓘ utility networks ⓘ |
| publishedBy |
IEEE Standards Association
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
ITU-T G.hn
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surface form:
G.hn
HomePlug AV ⓘ HomePlug AV ⓘ
surface form:
HomePlug Green PHY
|
| standardNumber | 1901 ⓘ |
| standardType | MAC/PHY layer specification ⓘ |
| supports |
broadband access over power lines
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home networking ⓘ in-home multimedia distribution ⓘ smart grid applications ⓘ |
| supportsService |
data networking over power lines
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video streaming over power lines ⓘ voice over IP over power lines ⓘ |
| supportsTopology |
mesh networks over power lines
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point-to-multipoint networks ⓘ |
| usedFor |
advanced metering infrastructure
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energy management systems ⓘ home automation over power lines ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: IEEE 1901 Description of subject: IEEE 1901 is an international standard that defines high-speed broadband communication over power lines, enabling data transmission for applications like home networking and smart grid systems.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
IEEE Standard for Broadband over Power Line Networks: Medium Access Control and Physical Layer Specifications