The new test labs join existing facilities in Yokohama, Japan; Seoul, South Korea; and Shenzhen, China.
Matter is a secure, multi-vendor connectivity standard for IoT devices and is particularly relevant to the smart home market.
According to Statista, the global smart home market will reach €140 billion this year, with more than €8 billion expected in Germany alone. Products and applications include smart lights, “smart” vacuum cleaners and parking space monitoring for municipalities.
“As one of the world's leading test service providers in the field of wireless standards, we are expanding our global network for our customers with our newly approved laboratories. This underlines our commitment to the Connectivity Standards Alliance developed by Matter,” said Rudolph Schiessl, IoT expert at TÜV Rheinland.
Matter uses an IP-based interoperability protocol that ensures compatibility and cooperation between different devices such as thermostats, lighting systems and security systems. This enables smart home devices to control and communicate independently on a local network without the need for a cloud connection. The Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) supports the development and promotion of this standard to ensure broad compatibility and interoperability.
TÜV Rheinland’s laboratory in Bochum, Germany, continues to offer testing and certification for the ZigBee Pro wireless standard, and the Shenzhen laboratory will soon offer similar qualifications. Preparations are also underway to qualify the Bochum and Shenzhen laboratories as test centers for the Thread wireless standard.
In addition to Matter, ZigBee and Thread, TÜV Rheinland’s wireless laboratories also offer testing and certification for Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Sigfox and regulatory EMC and RF testing worldwide. Cybersecurity services are also offered.