Abstract
Summary
After a dawning year of 2005, the digital home market in China is going to grow steadily in the coming five years. Along with digital home applications stepping onto the entertainment-sharing stage, the market will be largely driven by an increasing demand for digital entertainment. In-Stat forecasts that digital home installed households will reach 8 million in 2010, and the home networking device revenue in total will see four times the growth in the next five years to over 800 million in 2010.
The ecosystem is almost ready for the China digital entertainment home market with adequate endpoint devices, infrastructure providers, and abundant commercial digital content offered by service/content providers. In short supply however, are more applicable home networking devices, more affordable media networking devices, and dedicated home network builders.
Associated with analysis of the China digital home ecosystem, this report covers digital home device market dynamics and analysis on home networking connectivity technologies and related technology standards.
Table of Contents
Executive Summary
Methodology
Introduction
Market Overview
- Ecosystem Overview
- Digital Content
- Access Network
- Client Devices
Home Networking Devices
- Infrastructure Devices
- Traditional Infrastructure Devices
- Residential Gateway
- Media Networking Devices
- Media Servers
- Media Client
Home LAN Connectivity
- Wireless LAN
- Standards and Technology
- Problems and Solutions for WLAN in the Entertainment Age
- What Can be Learned from Wireless LAN Success
- HomePlug
- Standards and Technology
- HomePlug AV Could be a Revolution
- Compared with Wireless LAN
Home Networking Standards
- DLNA
- Home Networked Device Interoperability Guidelines v1.0
- IGRS
- Introduction
- Up-to-date Development of IGRS
Market Trends
- Market Drivers
- Increasing Entertainment Demands from Home Users
- Ever-Declining Price of Networking Devices
- Awaking Carriers on Multimedia Applications Offerings
- Market Barriers
- Lack of Truly "Easy-to-Use" and Affordable Devices
- Lack of Home Networking Integrators
- Diversified But Undetermined Connectivity Technologies
Home Network Market Forecast
- Installed Base Forecast
- Installed Home Networks by Technology
- Home Network Devices Installed
- Home Networking Devices Revenue
List of Tables
- Table 1. China Home Network Devices Annual Revenue, 2005- 2010 (US$ in Thousands)
- Table 2. WLAN Market Shares 2005 in China (Based on Product Shipments)
- Table 3. Home LAN Connectivity Technology Comparison Matrix by Estimate in 2006
- Table 4. The Device Classes that DLNA Guidelines v1.5 Supports
- Table 5. China Home Networking Installed Households % Growth Rate, 2005- 2010 (Units in Thousands)
- Table 6. Installed Home Networks in China by Technology, 2005- 2010 (Units in Thousands)
- Table 7. Home Network Devices Installed by Type, 2005- 2010 (Units in Thousands)
- Table 8. Home Networking Devices Revenue, 2005- 2010 (US$ in Thousands)
List of Figures
- Figure 1. China Home Networking Installed Households Forecast 2005- 2010 (Units in Thousands)
- Figure 2. Converged Home Network
- Figure 3. A Current "Separated" Digital Home Status in China
- Figure 4. Primary Reasons for Owning a Home Network
- Figure 5. Interests in Digital Home Entertainment Applications
- Figure 6. Current Ecosystem of the Digital Home in China
- Figure 7. Digital Content Delivery Value Chain
- Figure 8. Flow Chart of Digital Content
- Figure 9. Categories of Home Networking Devices
- Figure 10. Wired Home Router Average Prices Change in 2005
- Figure 11. Home Router Brands being Used by Survey Respondents
- Figure 12. Wireless AP Average Price Trends in 2005 (US Dollars)
- Figure 13. Wireless Routers Average Price Trends in 2005 (US Dollars)
- Figure 14. Evolution of the Residential Gateway
- Figure 15. Enhanced Reach and Throughput with MIMO
- Figure 16. Illustration of a Mesh Network
- Figure 17. HomePlug Adapters Connected Devices
- Figure 18. Digital Living Network Alliance Roadmap
- Figure 19. Value Chain of IGRS
- Figure 20. Standard Frame of IGRS
- Figure 21. China Digital Home Development
- Figure 22. China Digital Home Market Development Curve
- Figure 23. Primary Purposes of Internet Accessing
- Figure 24. An Ideal Digital Home Ecosystem in China
- Figure 25. China Home Networking Installed households, 2005- 2010 (Units in Thousands)
