Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: In-Stat
Published: July 2005
Product Code: R97-2081Description Wi-Fi has traditionally been used as a wireless connectivity technology in residential and business networks. Increasingly, however, semiconductor vendors and consumer electronic equipment manufacturers are planning to use Wi-Fi as a means for consumer electronics connectivity. Vendors are targeting Wi-Fi for use with a range of consumer electronics device segments, including printers, game consoles, digital TVs, DVD recorders and players, set-top boxes, PVRs, handheld game devices, MP3 players, digital still cameras and camcorders, PDAs, and mobile handsets. This report presents the results and analysis of a survey of 640 consumers residing in the US, conducted in June 2005. The survey examined consumers' knowledge of, and attitudes and actions regarding Wi-Fi as a home networking technology in general, and as a means for wirelessly connecting consumer electronics devices in particular. This report will be particularly useful to product managers and marketing directors in Wi-Fi and consumer electronics equipment and semiconductor vendor companies, financial analysts covering the Wi-Fi and consumer electronics equipment and semiconductor markets, and consultants advising clients in the Wi-Fi and consumer electronics equipment and semiconductor markets.Table of Contents Table
of Contents
- Executive Summary
- Methodology
- Market Overview
- Product and
Technology Segmentation
- Consumer
Electronics Device Segmentation
- Stationary
Devices
- Portable
Devices
- WLAN Air
Standard Segmentation
- WLAN Background
- WLAN Silicon
and Modules
- Power Amplifier
- Radio Frequency
Transceiver
- Baseband/MAC
- Modules
- MIMO, Smart
Antennas, and the Arrival of 802.11n
- Requirements
for Wi-Fi in Consumer Electronics
- WLAN Competitive
Positioning in Home Networking and Consumer Electronics
- Wired Home
Networking Technologies
- Wireless
Home Networking Technologies
- Wi-Fi Drivers
& Challenges
- Consumer Survey
Results
- Survey Respondent
Basic Demographic Profile
- Significant
Demographic Factors
- Median
Survey Respondent Profile
- Survey
Demographic Responses
- Consumer Attitudes
Toward Wi-Fi Home Networks
- Consumer Attitudes
Toward Wi-Fi in Consumer Electronics
- Important
Considerations for Wi-Fi in Different Device Segments
List
of Tables
- Table 1. IEEE 802.11
Air Standard Characteristics
- Table 2. Which,
if any, of the following home networking technology options have you
heard of? (Please check all that apply)
- Table 3. Which,
if any, of the following home networking technologies are currently
used in your home? (Please check all that apply)
- Table 4. Which,
if any, of the following home networking technologies are you considering
purchasing for use in your home in the next 12 months? (Please check
all that apply)
- Table 5. Which,
if any, of the following wireless networking technologies have you heard
of? (Please check all that apply)
- Table 6. Which,
if any, of the following wireless networking technologies are currently
used in your home? (Please check all that apply)
- Table 7. Which,
if any, of the following problems do you currently experience with your
Wi-Fi/wireless home network? (please check all that apply)
- Table 8. Summary
of critically rated features of wireless home networking equipment (multiple
responses aggregated)
- Table 9. Which,
if any, of the following devices have you heard of being connected using
wireless home networking? (Please check all that apply)
- Table 10. Which,
if any of the following devices do you think would most benefit from
being connected using a wireless home network (i.e., instead of being
connected using a wired network)? (Please select no more than 3 devices)
- Table 11. Which,
if any, of the following devices are connected via your wireless home
network? (please check all that apply)
- Table 12. Which,
if any, of the following do you think are the main benefits of wirelessly
networking consumer-electronics devices? (please select the top 3 benefits)
- Table 13. Do you
believe that wirelessly networking consumer electronics devices (such
as...) would be more difficult, less difficult, or roughly the same
level of difficulty as wirelessly networking PCs and broadband modems/wireless
routers?
- Table 14. Summary
of critically rated interest for the use of wireless home networking
equipment for various applications (multiple responses aggregated)
- Table 15. Please
indicate what you think the most important consideration would be when
connecting the type of device to a wireless home network: Home Broadband
Modems/Routers/Gateways/Set Top Boxes (STBs)
- Table 16. Please
indicate what you think the most important consideration would be when
connecting the type of device to a wireless home network: Digital Still
Cameras/Camcorders
- Table 17. Please
indicate what you think the most important consideration would be when
connecting the type of device to a wireless home network: Digital Televisions
(DTVs)
- Table 18. Please
indicate what you think the most important consideration would be when
connecting the type of device to a wireless home network: Portable Handset
Devices: (PDAs)/Cellular Phones/Smart Phones/Handheld Game Consoles/MP3
Players
- Table 19. Please
indicate what you think the most important consideration would be when
connecting the type of device to a wireless home network: DVD Players/Recorders/Personal
Video Recorders (e.g. TIVO)
- Table 20. Please
indicate what you think the most important consideration would be when
connecting the type of device to a wireless home network: Video Game
Consoles
List
of Figures
- Figure 1. WLAN
Semiconductor Function
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