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Home Networking's Future: AI, Wi-Fi 8, Mesh, Wi-Fi Sensing, and the Smart Home

Price: Starting at USD 1,950
Publish Date: 18 Jul 2025
Code: PT-3765
Research Type: Presentation
Actionable Benefits

Actionable Benefits

  • Keep up-to-date on the latest smart home developments and gain foresight on the industry’s future trajectory with detailed analysis of trends within all the major domains.
  • Plan successful device strategies and product development timelines with adoption timeline projections for the latest Wi-Fi technologies in the home.
  • Identify strategic software partners with profiles of the major players in various fields, including TR-369 Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) management, open-source middleware, and Wi-Fi Sensing.
  • Prepare Go-to-Market (GTM) strategies with analysis of successful smart home bundles from Internet Service Providers (ISPs).
  • Build Artificial Intelligence (AI) integration strategies with an examination of the key AI trends and contextualization for how the technology will facilitate the future of the smart home.
  • Receive guidance on building competitive smart home portfolios with the support of analyst recommendations.
Research Highlights

Research Highlights

  • Forecasts for the adoption of the latest Wi-Fi technologies.
  • Detailed overview of the most competitive TR-369 management platforms on the market.
  • Examination of the role open-source platforms will play in the future of the smart home.
  • Analysis of potential AI opportunities in the smart home.
  • Overviews of the most successful smart home bundles from ISPs.
  • Update on the progress of the Matter standard.  
  • Contextualization for the future role of the home gateway within the smart home.
  • Strategic recommendations for ISPs and Original Device Manufacturers (ODMs) active in the smart home industry.
Critical Questions Answered

Critical Questions Answered

  • What role will the home gateway play in the future of the smart home?
  • How can ISPs and equipment vendors capitalize on the opportunities that the smart home offers?
  • Why are open-source platforms vital for the future of the smart home, and how should the ecosystem engage with them?
  • Is AI poised to revolutionize the smart home? Or is its impact over-hyped?
  • Can Matter finally enable a fully interoperable smart home?
  • Which companies are the industry leaders in the areas of CPE management platforms, AI-enabled smart home ecosystems, and Wi-Fi Sensing?
Who Should Read This?

Who Should Read This?

  • Product managers, business development professionals, and marketing leaders within Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs)/ODMs and software developers serving the smart home industry who need an overview of the latest market trends, addressable markets, and future growth trajectories.
  • Innovation leaders within ISPs looking to keep abreast of the latest trends, attract and retain customers, increase revenue, and improve their broadband packages.
  • Industry associations with a stake in the smart home market.

Companies Mentioned

Table of Contents

Key Findings

Key Forecasts

Wi-Fi CPE Shipments by Wi-Fi Protocol 
The Prospects for Wi-Fi 8 Within Home Networking
Regional Wi-Fi CPE Shipment Trends 
Mesh Wi-Fi Adoption and Growth Forecasts 

Wi-Fi CPE and Protocol Recommendations

CPE Management and the Progression to TR-369 Standardization

Key Companies and Ecosystems

TR-369 CPE Management Platforms from Network Connectivity Vendors
Vendor-Agnostic TR-369 CPE Management Platforms from CPE Vendors 
Partially Closed-Ecosystem CPE Management Platforms

TR-369 Adoption & Ecosystem Maturity

Wi-Fi Performance Testing & TR-181 Diagnostics

TR-369 Recommendations for ACS Vendors, CPE Vendors, and ISPs

The Pros and Cons of Open-Source for Middleware Development 

Open-Source Middleware

The Role of Open-Source Middleware in the Connected Home Future 

Open-Source Recommendations

AI’s Vast Potential Within Home Networking

Edge Versus Cloud AI Processing

The Evolution of AI from Generative, to Agentic, to an Autonomous Future

Connectivity Chipsets with Integrated AI Capabilities

AI Smart Home Concepts

AI Recommendations

Future of the Connected Smart Home

Home Automation Device and Smart Appliance Shipments

Position of the Home Gateway in the Smart Home Revolution

Matter Standardization and Certification Development

Matter Ecosystem Expansion

Western ISPs Bundling Smart Home Services 

Asia-Pacific ISPs Bundling Smart Home Services 

Connected Smart Home Recommendations

Will SASE Drive Residential and Enterprise Convergence?

Wi-Fi Sensing’s Value Proposition

Wi-Fi Sensing’s Technological Progress

Strategies and Recent Developments of Wi-Fi Sensing Vendors

Wi-Fi Sensing Recommendations

Companies Mentioned

  • ADTRAN Inc
  • Aprecomm
  • AVSystem
  • Axiros
  • Axon Network
  • Calix
  • Eero, Inc.
  • Incognito
  • Nokia
  • Sercomm
  • TP-Link
  • Vantiva