AI for in-home networks and their services is a crucial aspect in the F5G Advanced era, as operators need to monetise the network beyond pure connectivity and gain a competitive advantage in providing home broadband connectivity. Organised by ETSI ISG F5G, this session provided various perspectives on use cases and scenarios, technical requirements, network architecture, standardisation progress, and innovation with proof-of-concepts on AI for FTTR/in‑home networks and services.

Key topics addressed included:

• Trends in in-home optical network evolution in the AI era.
• Use cases, technical requirements, and architecture of AI-enhanced Intelligent FTTR.
• Progress and outlook on standards for in-home optical network technologies in the AI era.

NetworkX took place 14 October to 16 October 2025 in Paris. ETSI as a partner of NetworkX organised the session on AI and Intelligent FTTR discussing the topic with the following esteemed experts.

From left to right: Marcus Brunner, Lincoln Lavoie, Marcos Martínez Vázquez, and Hussein Zaid.

Marcus Brunner, ETSI ISG F5G Vice-Chair presented the current status of the ETSI ISG F5G Release 4 specifications and showed the various standardisation activities with regards to the use of AI in the scope of Fibre to the Room (FTTR) including various use cases, a white paper, and FTTR test specifications.

Marcos Martínez Vázquez, Rapporteur of ITU-T Q3/15, shared the current status of ITU standardising FTTR with G.fin and G.p2pf specifications and the outlook towards G.Xfin (10Gbits home networking).

Lincoln Lavoie, Technical Chair, Broadband Forum (BBF), described the BBF view on managing home networks and pointed out the importance of standardised data required to feed AI models for intelligent home networks and services.

Hussein Zaid, Researcher Fraunhofer HHI, introduced research work and various proof-of-concepts and trials performed using AI-based management for different segments of the end-to-end optical F5G-A network with a specific focus on issues concerning intelligent home network management.

In the panel discussion, the various aspects of FTTR management and the use of AI for automating and optimising FTTR have been discussed. Also, novel aspects running AI services in the FTTR network at home mean for enhancing the FTTR systems and their management. Finally, the session showed that there is room for collaboration since the different standards organisation deal with different aspects of the overall AI-enhanced FTTR system.

The presented slides can be downloaded under https://docbox.etsi.org/ISG/F5G/Open/F5G%20External%20Presentations%202025/NetworkX%202025

In addition, the ETSI ISG F5G Chair, Olivier Ferveur was invited to a NetworkX panel discussion on home networking.