Table 1. Features of network technologies for smart home automation.
| Platform or technology | Developer | Communication protocol | Communication environment | Transceiver range, m | Element base (IC integrated circuits) | Features | Implementation |
| LonWorks | Echelon | LonTalk (open industry standard (EIA-709.1) | Power line, telephone line, RF and IR channel | 25 | Neuron family IC | An open platform that has a built-in Internet protocol | Merloni Elettrodomestici has launched the Ariston Digital series of smart home network devices |
| Home Radio Network HomeRF | Home Radio Frequency Working Group- HomeRF | Shared Wireless Access Protocol- SWAP | HF channel with a bandwidth of 2.4 GHz, noise-like signal with “frequency hopping”, speed – 2 Mbit/s | 50 | Set of specialized ICs | Allows you to include DECT-standard phones in the network | The first experimental HomeRF network was shown at the Home Networking Forum in October 1999 |
| HomePNA home wired network | HomePNA (Home Phoneline Networking Alliance) wired networking society | Home Run specification from Tut Systems | A wired channel with a bandwidth of 2.45 GHz, the transmission speed is 1 Mbit/s. The new HomePNA 2.0 family of ICs will increase it to 10 Mbit/s, and then to 100 Mbit/s | — | IC Family | The HomePNA platform is based on Ethernet technology. It organizes additional communication without deteriorating telephone communication | Currently, the AnyPoint (Intel) and HomeLine (Farallon) series of network devices have entered the market. |
| Bluetooth communication technology | Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) | Supports GSM standard protocols | HF channel with a band of 2.45 GHz, a signal with a “hopping” frequency (1600 hops/sec), the transmission speed is 1 Mbit/sec | 0.1 – 100 | IC family. In the future, all devices will be combined into one crystal | Simultaneously supports asynchronous data transmission channels and synchronous voice transmission | At COMDEX' 99, Ericsson showed for the first time a head-mounted mobile phone with a Bluetooth radio chip |
| UWB technology | Ultra Wideband Working Group | 802.16a Protocol | Ultra-wideband signal in the range of 3.1 — 10.6 GHz, transmission speed of 500 Mbps | 10 | Set of ICs | Transmission of ultra-short pulses without high-frequency filling | Implemented by Intel, Sony, Motorola, Siemens, etc. |