October 1/2000 -- Welcome to my Mentoring section on Residential Gateways. This resource will grow to provide you with a comprehensive library of information covering new developments and uses of this most critical component of a Smart Home. I look forward to your comments.


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David Gaw
President and co-founder of Coactive Networks
info@coactive.com 

Residential Gateway
Resources
Articles
What is a Residential Gateway?
Overview of RG's
Energy Gateway
Case Study - Sweden

Press Releases
Coactive Connector
Energy Monitoring

Standards
Standards Library

 Energy Cost and Deregulation Woes
Because it has access to all devices and appliances in your home, a smart gateway can apply pre-programmed guidelines to prioritize, cycle, and alter set-points to bring energy output down to pre-established levels. It can also send you warnings or alerts, giving you the option to override the system and make your own choices about what to do. Read more in my current article entitled "Residential Gateways to Remedy Energy Cost and Deregulation Woes"

About Residential Gateways
The residential gateway is an intelligent networking device that provides two-way connectivity between internal home networks and external Internet access networks. It utilizes existing access networks such as DSL, cable, or regular phone lines and allows the delivery of a nearly endless array of residential services, both existing ones and those yet to be developed.

Advanced residential gateways also allow for different home devices -- say the security system and the lighting or entertainment systems -- to interact with one another. They allow access to these multiple networks, devices and services with a single point of connection, from your PC, mobile phone or other handheld device.

David Gaw
President and co-founder of Coactive Networks, David Gaw has been at the forefront of emerging technologies in intelligent systems development for over a decade. Since the company's inception in 1993, Gaw has led a stellar technical team in pioneering break-through synergies between networking, broadband connections and mobile Internet access. With the Coactive Connector® product series and patent-pending IOConnect Architecture™, they have quickly become the leader in commercial and residential gateways, connecting networks to the real world.

Gaw currently serves on the LonMark board of directors and is an active member of OSGi. As an industry expert, he also presents and participates at key events.