Home Automation refers to subsystems in the home that can be controlled electronically. You most likely use some type of home automation on a daily basis. Integration is the key to better living through home automation. Home control subsystems that are not integrated have no means of intelligently responding to one another.
Structured wiring is the foundation of home automation.
Structured wiring includes cable selection and its installation. Fiber optics has wider bandwidth than any other available cable. More and more devices are moving toward the use of fiber optics. Communication systems for networks and telephones currently use fiber optics technology. One Cat-5 can carry up to 4 different telephone lines, computer networking, or cameras.