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This market research report covers the Internet enabled
smart home with regard to smart home networks and products. While home networking
and automation can be done without accessing the Internet, this report will only
focus on those solutions and products that can be plugged into the Internet enabled
home network.
Drivers such as consumer education, the state of household
infrastructure and the type of community in which consumers live that affect the
enabled smart home market will be discussed in the first section of the report.
In addition, the number of US households online, US and worldwide broadband and
home network penetration, and master planned communities will be forecasted and
analyzed.
Technologies, market drivers, and trends for products in the smart home
will be discussed in the second half of the market research report. In-Stat/MDR
divides the product segments for the smart home into two categories: home control
and monitoring and networked consumer electronics. The home control and monitoring
category is further divided into three segments, devices used for control of the
home such as lighting and HVAC (Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning), home
security products like network cameras, and home appliances, such as those found
in the kitchen or laundry room. Networked or IP enabled Consumer Electronics (CE)
are expanding to include most consumer electronics products.
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