Introduction of the

SmartHome Industry

Hantao Ge
Internet of Things Researcher
CTTL-Terminals

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Outline

1. The definition of smart home

2. The development status of the
smart home industry
3. The future trend
4. Q&A

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 Part One
The definition of smart home

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The Smart home definition
Smart home: Smart home is a home ecosystem composed of sensors, intelligent hardware, networking
equipment, software system and cloud computing platform based on the Internet of things technology,
with residence as the main body. In order to realize the functions of remote control, interconnection and
self-learning of equipment, and provide personalized life services for users by collecting and analyzing
user use data, so as to build a Safer, Comfortable, Energy-saving, Efficient and Convenient living
environment.

Video & Communicatio

Entertainment n

AIoT

Edge computing

AI

BigData Security

Cloud

Environment Life services

Source：EqualOcean
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AIoT drives the development of Smart Homes
• AIoT（Artificial Intelligence & Internet of Things）- AIoT is the application of
integrating AI and IoT in practical projects.
Source：Baike of Baidu

About the Smart home interaction mode

• The IoT, AI, Edge computing and Big Key touch Autonomous
Controlled Speech
Remote
data are the four key technologies in the by APP recognition judgmen
control
smart home and even the whole house
smart field.

IoT

全屋
智能

BigData AI

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 Evolution of Smart Home
The development roadmap of smart home: Level 1 ~ Level 5

L1 - Device L2 - Collaboration L3 - Decision L4 - Nature L5 - Super

Intelligence Intelligence Intelligence Intelligence Intelligence

Smart device such Orchestrated smart Some home People can interact To bring more insights
as camera, doorbell, devices, by smart system can make with the devices and to the people in the
fridge, washing speaker, smart phone, decision by itself home space in a home space. To build
machine, cleaning etc. to executed some such as order natural way, which is a more intelligent,
robot, etc. pe-defined automation eggs, milk. not limited to voice healthier and happier
rules. control, but an person.
empathetic social way.
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 Smart home extends from indoor to community
The service logic
The living environment has changed changes

City
New market
New services, new
Community
solutions, new business
City growth points
Indoor Community
management management

Amusement Control and

Full scene management

Healthy Pension City services

community
service New operational
Security Office logic
City security Connected, data-
Educate Others Socialize driven, Scene linkage

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 Part Two
The development status of the
smart home industry

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The worldwide and China market for Smarthome devices
In 2021, China's smart home device market
• The worldwide market for smart home devices grew 11.7% shipped more than 220 million units, an increase
in 2021 compared to 2020 with more than 895 million of 9.2%.It is expected that the shipment volume
devices shipped, according to the International Data of China's smart home device market will exceed
Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Smart Home Device 260 million units in 2022, an increase of 17.1%.
Tracker.
• IDC anticipates that the worldwide smart home device
market will see steady growth over the next five years.

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 Development trend of smart home in China

The China smart home market is experiencing a rapid development stage

M a r k e t
acceptance
Exploration period Start up period Development period Mature period • In the next 2-5 years, people's
(1997-2010) (2011-2019) (2020-2029) (2030--)
demand for health services and
elderly care services will grow
rapidly, which will promote the rapid
Whole house development of the smart life
intelligence,
overall
H
industry.
G VII
decoration and VIII
other factors to
Google
boost • Head household electrical
acquires
Nest、VC、 VI smart appliance enterprises carry out
Capital provide for house wide intelligent and life
the aged
Microsoft Androide
F
service business.
launches The C & i O S IoT、AI、
Venus Project ecology Intelligent COVID-19、
In 1997, Bill II voice、Cloud V AIoT、 • The Customized smart appliances
Gates Robot、 are used to meet the needs of the
B III BigData
proposed
the smart
IV E elderly, pregnant women, the
D
home disabled and children.
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Time Line 10
 2022 China Smart community&Smart home ecological map
AIoT chip Module Screen Sensor 通信技术及通信标准

stan
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dard

Router Smart Speaker Smart TV Robot Smart lock Gateway

Intellig
ent
termin
al

AI IoTcloud platform Telecom operator 全屋智能集成 智慧社区园区

Smart home integrators become an
Ecology important force to promote the
development of smart home

Contactless passage community value added Real estate

Intelligent Security 生活服务运营
service service
enterprises turned
Applica to community
tion service operations

Real Estate Shopping Mall Hotel 全屋智能场 Self-service supermarke decoration

景集成
Enterp New smart
rise
custom home brand
ers
Six major players of China's smart home industry

• The six major parts of China smart home enterprises are committed to promoting the interconnection
between different smart home platforms.
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Internet company
Telecom
operators

Technology company 01
Start-up company

05 Six major 02
players of
Smart Home
in China
04 03 Household appliance
enterprises
AIoT company

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Problems and challenges
Standards

• Access standards are inconsistent, A

large number of IoT platforms and Cloud
platform.

Fragmentation & Connectivity

• A large number of IoT devices and sensor. • We need accord with China
• A large number of application scenarios. Smart home market demand
and technology leading
connectivity standards.

Security
• Home wireless network has access to a large
number of sensors and intelligent devices.
• Data security problems.
• Risk of equipment intrusion
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 The Open Link Association(OLA)
The Open Link Association- OLA was jointly initiated by 24 academicians, Alibaba, Baidu, jd.com, Xiaomi,
Haier, Huawei, Chinatelecom, CAICT, China Mobile, etc. the alliance aims to give full play to the advantages of
the domestic Internet of things industry, build a unified Internet of things IoT connection standard and industrial
ecosystem consistent with China's industrial characteristics and leading technology, and open and promote it to
the world.

• OLA Objective: Interconnection, more • There are now more than 22 technical standards under
Security, more Intelligence and higher development
Quality
OLA has more than 140 member units
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 Part Three
The future trend

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Development trend of Smart home

• China's smart home industry is developing from selling smart hardware to selling solutions.
The future trend is to sell simple and comfortable user experience and value-added services.

User experience

开放合作

场景定制

成套定制
Integration of virtual
Intelligent solutions world and real world
硬件定制 Smart appliance
Smart terminal package
Value
The COVID-19 brings opportunities to the smart home
industry

Smar Home Life Service Telecommuting

• SmartHome brings a better user • Unmanned cars and robots • Work at home for a long
experience to users who like to are widely used to deliver time to promote the rapid
stay at home for a while food and medicine to home development of remote
users. office and online conference.

Community medical Online learning

and health services

• Smart health hardware and • During the period of covid-19,

Community health house students cannot attend
provide health services for classes at school, and online
home and community users. education has been
popularized.
 Overall of Training Course
The training consists of two parts:
• "Smart Home Industry Chain", brought by experts from real estate, home appliances and other enterprises to bring three tutors;
• "Key Technologies for Smart Home", seven experts from the Institute, Technology Enterprises, and Telecom Operators.

No. Moduel Title of the Course Tutor Title of the Tutor

Deputy Director
The overall
Chief Researcher of IoT
1 framework of the Overview of the smart home industry CAICT GE Hantao
Industry
smart home

Main application scenarios and R & D trends of smart home in the real China Overseas ZHANG
2 Product Manager
estate industry Holdings Limited Zedong

3 Smart home Smart home practice from household appliance manufacturers HAIER WANG Miao General Manager
industry chain
National Chief Architect of
4 Smart modules for home applicance Innovation YU Jianqi Intelligence Research Division
Center
5 Short Range Communications and Smart Home CAICT ZHU Liang Deputy Director
WANG
6 LPWA Technologies and Smart Home CAICT Senior Engineer
Wenqian
LIN
7 How Security Effects Our Daily Life in Smart Home BAIDU AIoT Security Architect
Ddaozheng
Key Technologies Senior Engineer of Smart
8 Application of Edge Computing in Telecom Network and Smart Home China Telecom Lei Qiao
for Smart Home Home Department

Research and application of key technologies of artificial intelligence in

9 China Mobile YANG Yifan AI Product Manager
the field of home

10 A Vision of Blockchain-Enabled Smart Home Applications ChangHong TANG Bo Chief Scientist

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11 Smart home testing and certification CAICT PANG Shuai Deputy Director
Trainer information

• Trainer: Hantao Ge
• E-mail: gehantao@caict.ac.cn
• Department: Strategic Planning&Research
• Organization: CAICT CTTL-Terminals
• Address: China Beijing

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Thank you！

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