3.5. Manageability
The ability of the home network to support auto-configuration is of
the utmost importance. Indeed, most end-users will not have the
expertise and the skills to perform advanced configuration and
troubleshooting. Thus, the routing protocol designed for home-
automation networks MUST provide a set of features including zero-
configuration of the routing protocol for a new node to be added to
the network. From a routing perspective, zero-configuration means
that a node can obtain an address and join the network on its own,
almost without human intervention.