1. Karen Bartleson, President, IEEE Standards Association
Document No:
GSC17-PLEN-70
Source:
IEEE
Contact:
Karen Bartleson
GSC Session:
PLEN
Agenda Item:
6.14
HIS-Home Networking
Karen Bartleson,
President, IEEE Standards Association

2. Highlight of Current Activities
Providing leadership in the development & deployment home networking technologies & open standards
Facilitating the development of home networking market driven standards
Our activities support the full life cycle of standards--from concept or incubation to market acceptance & use
We are developing a pipeline of standards related activities
Home networking technology research & education
Market implementation programs
Pre-standards activities
Accelerated standards activities
Post- standards activities

3. Highlight of Current Activities
IEEE has a suite of standards & projects in the home networking space that address the growing complexity of consumer networks & a growing number of users streaming video, accessing data-rich applications & performing other high-performance tasks at home
Providing solutions that offer high bandwidth and data throughput levels for consumers & serving as powerful tools for broadband service providers to provide digital convergence service
IEEEE IEEE standard for a convergent digital home network for heterogeneous technologies
IEEE P1888.4: IEEE standard for protocols for measurement and control networks for home and residential quarters
IEEE IEEE standard for broadband over power line networks: Medium Access Control and Physical Layer Specifications
The complete IEEE 802 suite of standards

4. IEEE Standards - Facilitating Connectivity

5. Strategic Direction
Expand upon IEEE’s expertise in standards areas to offer a more holistic home networking experience & save energy
Investigate opportunities for collaboration with existing organizations focused on home networking
Provide a resource for home networking policy related issues
Optimize the unique IEEE platform of education, publications, conferences & standards to explore new opportunities in the home networking ecosystem to connect stakeholders
Provide a venue where the best minds come together to innovate & work together to advance home networking technologies for the benefit of humanity

6. Challenges
Diversification of smart home applications driving integration of heterogeneous networking devices
Convergence of home networking technologies
Requirement for more home networking technology to serve the consumer

7. Next Steps / Actions
Leverage the IEEE community of experts & technologist to help address the interoperability challenges in home networking interoperability challenges