Home Networking and Digital Home Network Market Analysis

Home Routers, Residential Gateways, Bridges, Adapters, and Media Networking Forecasts

Over the past few years, the home networking hardware market has changed as the core home network has matured. As a result of this maturation, and in some cases commoditization, vendors are searching for new product enhancements and market segments to drive future growth. The entertainment network is being born out of this desire to increase the customer base for networking and to enable new and exciting functions.

This study evaluates the market potential for core home networking equipment, including home routers, gateways, bridges and more. In addition, forecasts for entertainment networks are included, along with the estimates of the potential for integrating networking into a number of consumer electronics and service provider platforms. Also included is a discussion of alternative networking technologies, enabling the distribution of data and video content over coax and power lines.

What Questions Does This Report Answer?

What are the existing and emerging networking technologies and physical layer standards?
What are the market outlooks for core home networking products, including home routers, gateways, bridges, adapters, NICs, and more?
What type of penetration will networking make in key consumer electronics devices, including DTVs, DVD/Blu-ray players, STBs, and home audio?

Who Needs This Report?

Consumer electronics manufacturers
Home network hardware vendors
Silicon vendors

1.1. Technologies
1.2. Core Networking Platforms Begin to Slow
1.3. Media Networking Begins to Grow
2.1. Home Network Technologies and Standards
2.1.1. Wi-Fi
2.1.2. Powerline
2.1.2.1. HomePlug
2.1.2.2. UPA
2.1.3. G.hn (HomeGrid Forum)
2.1.4. Coax
2.1.4.1. Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA)
2.1.4.2. IEEE 1394 over Coax
2.2. Discovery and Software Layer Standards
2.2.1. Universal Plug and Play
2.2.2. Zeroconf / Bonjour
2.2.3. DLNA
3.1. Challenges for Core Home Networking Market
3.1.1. Saturation in the Market
3.1.2. Difficulty of Installation
3.1.3. Price Erosion and Increasing Customer Support Costs
3.1.4. Slow Development in Media Networking
3.2. Overall Market Forecast
3.2.1. Forecast Methodology
3.2.2. Total Home Networking Hardware Forecast
3.2.3. Home Routers, Residential Gateways, and Switches
3.2.3.1. Home Router, Gateway, and Switch Forecasts
3.2.4. Adapters and Bridges
3.2.5. Consumer Network Attached Storage
4.1. Video Distribution
4.1.1. The “Apple” Effect
4.1.2. Impact of Video Game Consoles as STB
4.1.3. Increased Availability of Content
4.2. Service Providers Place in the Networked Video Market
4.2.1. Applications for Pay-TV Providers in the Home Network
4.2.1.1. Multi-Room Video / DVR
4.2.1.2. Internet VoD
4.2.1.3. Gateway / Network Interface Device Connectivity and Whole-Home Mesh Network
4.3. Networked Home Audio
4.4. Market Forecasts
4.4.1. Forecast Methodology
4.4.2. Media Networks by Region
4.4.3. Networked Media Devices
4.4.4. Networked Media LAN Connections
4.4.5. Networked TV LAN Connections
4.4.6. Networked DVD LAN Connections
4.4.7. PVR Network Connections
4.4.8. Networked STB LAN Connections
4.4.9. Network Digital Cameras Wi-Fi Connections
4.4.10. Network Video Camcorder Wi-Fi Connections
4.4.11. Networked Video Game Console LAN Connections
4.4.12. Wi-Fi Connections on Portable Game Consoles
4.4.13. Wi-Fi Enabled Portable Media Players
4.4.14. Home Audio LAN Network Connections
4.4.15. Digital Media Adapter Shipments
4.4.16. Non-Service Provider STBs
4.4.17. Media Servers
4.4.17.1. Windows Home Server

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