Overview#
Matter Standard, formerly Project Connected Home over IP (CHIP), is a Proposed Standard, Royalty-free Home Automation connectivity standard.
is a well known noun.
Although the Matter Standard Codebase is Open Source under the Apache license, the Matter Standard specification is licensed by CSA.
Announced on December 18th, 2019, Matter Standard aims to reduce fragmentation across different vendors, and achieve interoperability among smart home devices and Internet of Things (IoT) platforms from different providers.
The project group was launched and introduced by Amazon, Apple, Google,[2][3] Comcast and the Zigbee Alliance, now Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA). Subsequent members include IKEA, Huawei, Schneider, among others.[4][5] Matter-compatible products and software updates for existing products are expected to be released in 2022.[6] Although the Matter code repository is open-source under the Apache license, the Matter specification is licensed by CSA.[7]
Matter Standard is an Application Layer protocol and Data model and does not specify the underlying Transport Layers.
Matter Standard by itself is not a Smart Home system. The technology connects devices in the home, but has nothing to do with their automation and control. Such tasks still require a higher-level system that is compatible with matter.
Communication between the devices is based on the Internet Protocol (IP) – both in the home network and in cloud connections. Consequently, the transmission protocols provided for in the first version of the standard are also IP-based. Devices that are to comply with matter use at least one of the following three options:
- Ethernet / LAN (IEEE 802.3)
- Wi-Fi / WLAN (IEEE 802.11)
- Thread (IEEE 802.15.4)
More Information#
There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:- [#1] - github.com - based on information obtained 2022-01-04
- [#2] - The independent info page on the smart home standard matter - based on information obtained 2022-05-12