Home Networking Technologies and Standards

Covering the vast majority of current and emerging home networking technologies, standards and trends, this new, practical resource offers you a comprehensive understanding of this developing area. The book presents an "end-to-end reference architecture", where the main residential services are identified and their network requirements are fully analyzed. You find detailed coverage of both wireless and wireline technologies, including IEEE 802.11, Firewire, USB, HiperLAN, and Bluetooth. You learn how the technologies work, how they have evolved, what their capabilities are, and what markets they target. The book also discusses fixed-wireless and satellite access network alternatives.

Covering the range of current and emerging home networking technologies, this guide analyzes residential services and identifies their network requirements. The book covers both wireless and wireline technologies, including IEEE 802.11, Firewire, USB, Bluetooth, DECT, X10, HomePNA, OSGi, UPnP, HAVI, and VHN. It explains how the technologies work, how they have developed, what their capabilities are, and what markets they target. Cable, fiber, fixed- wireless, xDSL, and satellite access network alternatives are also considered. Zahariadis is an electrical and computer engineer. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Theodore B. Zahariadis is a Technical Director at Ellemedia (an affiliate of Bell Laboratories). He received his Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece and his Dipl.-Ing. degree in computer engineering from the University of Patras, Greece.