Any Wire, Any Industry
Coax · Powerline · Twisted Pair · Ethernet · PON
Flexible deployment across the physical media stack — in broadband, smart buildings, utilities, industrial, smart cities, and beyond.
This is where the future of wired infrastructure is being built.
An open, neutral foundation accelerating interoperable wired infrastructure for the AI era — across ethernet, coax, phoneline, powerline, fiber, and the power-and-data systems that tie them together.
From connectivity and power delivery to storage acceleration, the RELISAV ConnectedEdge Foundation defines how wired systems work together — resilient and reliable — as one architecture supporting next‑generation AI and edge compute.
§ 01 / AMBITION
Four pillars hold up a technology-agnostic, market-agnostic foundation.
RELISAV ConnectedEdge exists to shift wired connectivity from "devices on static networks" to a software-defined platform for the AI era. The pillars below describe how — not as slogans, but as the operating principles that shape every project, spec, and certification we ship.
Open Software & AI
Community code · Intelligent control
Open-source stacks and AI-enabled control and operations that accelerate innovation beyond single-product cycles.
Interoperability by Design
Not locked to a single technology
Cross-technology collaboration as a first principle — solutions integrate, they don't isolate.
People & Knowledge First
Certification beyond devices
We certify skill, implementation experience, and contribution — not vendor budget.
5+
Physical Media
Coax, powerline, twisted pair, Ethernet, PON
EU + US
CRA · NIST
Regulatory alignment baked into specs
100%
Merit-based
Certification by skill and contribution
Open
by default
Code, specs, tests, reference designs
§ 02 / JOURNEYS
Don't expect a traditional membership. Pick a journey.
Participation is organized around what you want to do — contribute expertise, ship open engineering, or build recognized capability. Three entry points, one foundation.
Participate
Join, contribute, shape the roadmap.
Join as an individual, company, or partner. Contribute expertise, fund innovation, influence roadmaps, and shape the future of wired connectivity.
Build
Open software. Joint engineering. Deployable results.
Collaborate on open software, joint engineering projects, reference architectures, and IP frameworks that turn ideas into deployable solutions.
Learn
Certify expertise, not just devices.
From engineers to system architects, the RELISAV ConnectedEdge Academy shares knowledge and certifies expertise — creating recognized capability across the ecosystem.
§ 03 / OPEN ASSETS
A build-first foundation. Here's what's on the bench.
Open software, reference architectures, simulation, and conformance — all reusable, all extensible. A small sample is below; the full slate lives on the Build page.
| Code | Project | Domain | Status | Stack |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PROJ-001 | openEdgeFabric A vendor-neutral, open-source control plane for hybrid wired deployments — spanning ethernet switching, coax, phoneline, powerline, and fiber under a single management surface. | Control plane | incubating | Go · Rust |
| PROJ-002 | interopHarness Cross-technology interoperability and conformance test suite. Reproducible tests, public results, and shared tooling that replace costly per-vendor labs. | Conformance | active | Python · C |
| PROJ-003 | wireSim A channel-aware simulation toolkit for mixed-media deployments. Model coax, powerline, fiber, and twisted-pair impairments in the same scenario. | Simulation | active | Rust · WebAssembly |
| PROJ-004 | craKit A practical toolkit and knowledge base for EU CRA and US NIST readiness in wired edge products — threat models, SBOM templates, hardening profiles. | Security | proposed | Markdown · YAML |
§ 04 / UPCOMING EVENTS
Where the foundation shows up next.
Webinars, lab days, and working-group workshops — open to members, contributors, and prospective participants. Dates and registration links are updated as events are confirmed.
ConnectedEdge Kickoff Webinar
An introduction to the Foundation's mission, governance, and first open projects — with live Q&A from the elected leadership team.
DetailsInterop Lab Days
Hands-on cross-media interoperability testing against the Foundation's public conformance suites. Member-hosted, open to certified practitioners.
DetailsSecurity Working Group: CRA Readiness Workshop
A practical working session on EU CRA and US NIST alignment for network equipment, led by the Security Working Group.
Details§ 05 / NEWS
Latest from the Journal.
Field notes, working-group updates, and regulatory readings from the stewardship team. The full archive lives in the Journal.
CRA readiness is not a checklist — it is an operating model change
The EU Cyber Resilience Act and parallel US NIST guidance do not just add paperwork — they rewire how wired-edge products are built, shipped, and operated. Here is how the foundation is responding, and what members can reuse today.
Read entryWhy interop across wired technologies matters more than ever
A retrofit job at a mid-sized utility exposed the real cost of single-technology thinking. Cross-media interop is not a nice-to-have — it is the dominant deployment constraint for everyone with an existing plant.
Read entryWhy we started the foundation
The wired edge is quietly becoming the most important layer of the AI era — and no existing body is set up to steward it across technologies. Here is why we decided to start one.
Read entry