Meeting Household Expectations of a Future Intelligent Home

Year after year more and more devices are entering modern households. Different types of devices with different and multiple purposes. More often these devices are not just being acquired but interconnected to produce new, small and intelligent home networks. The particular research covers particular aspects of these networks and attempts to analyze users’ requirements and expectations of such networking environments. It also attempts to present existing home networking challenges and to provide possible solutions. The final aim of the paper is to bring up particular issues that concern developing of the intelligent home network that would satisfy most of users’ needs without complicating their everyday life. It also deals with social impacts of these networks and focuses on their smooth integration into people