Towards a convergent digital home network infrastructure

Author

Nowak, Stefan ; Schaefer, Falk-Moritz ; Brzozowski, Marcin ; Kraemer, Rolf ; Kays, Ruediger

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Inf. Technol., Tech. Univ. Dortmund, Dortmund, Germany

Volume

57

Issue

4

fYear

2011

fDate

11/1/2011 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1695

Lastpage

1703

Abstract

Many communication standards are available to set up consumer home networks. An intelligent combination of wired and wireless communication technologies allows exploiting many technology specific advantages while compensating disadvantages. Such a convergent digital home network infrastructure increases robustness, coverage range and availability of applications and services. In this paper, we discuss the general concept of such home networks. We present the Inter-MAC convergence sublayer as a very first approach to this concept. With the help of a typical scenario we demonstrate its feasibility. The recently initiated standardization activity IEEE P1905.1 is introduced. A global standard for convergent digital home networks can be the basis for a user-friendly network of consumer electronic devices in the home.

Keywords

access protocols; consumer electronics; home networks; radio networks; communication standard; consumer electronic device; convergent digital home network infrastructure; digital home network infrastructure; interMAC convergence sublayer; standardization activity IEEE PI905.1; technology specific advantage; user friendly network; wired communication technology; wireless communication technology; Convergence; Engines; Home automation; Protocols; Quality of service; Switches; Wireless communication; Convergent Digital Home Network; Hybrid Home Network.; IEEEP1905.1; Inter-MAC;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-3063

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TCE.2011.6131143

Filename

6131143