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
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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
- 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
- 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?
- 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
- Competitive & Market Intelligence
- Executive & C-Suite
- Marketing
- Product Strategy
- Startup Leader & Founder
- Users & Implementers
Job Role
- Telco & Communications
- Hyperscalers
- Industrial & Manufacturing
- Semiconductor
- Supply Chain
- Industry & Trade Organizations
Industry
Services
Spotlights
5G, Cloud & Networks
- 5G Devices, Smartphones & Wearables
- 5G, 6G & Open RAN
- Cellular Standards & Intellectual Property Rights
- Cloud
- Enterprise Connectivity
- Space Technologies & Innovation
- Telco AI
AI & Robotics
Automotive
Bluetooth, Wi-Fi & Short Range Wireless
Cyber & Digital Security
- Citizen Digital Identity
- Digital Payment Technologies
- eSIM & SIM Solutions
- Quantum Safe Technologies
- Trusted Device Solutions