System architecture and implementation of a CEBus/Internet gateway

Author

Desbonnet, Joe ; Corcoran, Peter M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Univ. Coll. Galway, Ireland

Volume

43

Issue

4

fYear

1997

fDate

11/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1057

Lastpage

1062

Abstract

Class structures and an object-oriented software framework to facilitate Internet access to CEBus networks are described. The Internet/CEBus gateway consists of a server application and dynamic data structures which provide a real-time representation of a CEBus network. The CEBus network traffic is continually monitored and interpreted and these data structures updated accordingly. In addition the creation of “virtual” CEBus devices is supported. These “virtual” devices can interact with the real CEBus network. This allows the creation of “new” device personalities whose behaviour can then be characterised through interaction with a real CEBus network

Keywords

Internet; consumer electronics; data structures; home automation; internetworking; local area networks; multimedia communication; network servers; object-oriented methods; system buses; telecommunication standards; telecommunication traffic; CEBus network traffic; CEBus/Internet gateway; Consumer Electronic Bus; Internet access; dynamic data structures; home automation; multimedia LAN standard; object-oriented software; real-time representation; server application; system architecture; system implementation; virtual CEBus devices; Automatic control; Computer architecture; Data structures; Home automation; IP networks; Internet; Protocols; TCPIP; Web server; Wide area networks;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-3063

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/30.642371

Filename

642371