Trends in consumer communications: More services and media, less wires

Current major themes in the consumer communications area are media delivery, and wireless and mobile connectivity to consumer electronic devices. These themes are also strongly represented in the articles in this issue of the Consumer Communications and Networking Series. We have selected seven articles covering a broad range of topics within these themes from multimedia communications, to video delivery to in-home wireless technologies, to mobile technologies, and to privacy and security. The wide range of subject matter in this edition of the series reflects the increasing penetration of communications technology into all areas of consumer electronics (CE).