Networks for homes

Author

Dutta-Roy, Amitava

Volume

36

Issue

12

fYear

1999

fDate

12/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

26

Lastpage

33

Abstract

Networking technologies are starting to invade the ordinary home-to carry, for example, telephone conversations, television, compact disk, digital versatile disk and MP3 music programs, signals from surveillance cameras, commands for controlling appliances and multimedia news from the Internet. To succeed, home networks will have to be based on standard products operable with any of the media just mentioned. These products include transceivers, network interface cards, gateways, small servers, sensors and controllers, plus a widely accepted operating system. For mass market appeal, the networks will have to be inexpensive, easy to install and the software easy to configure and operate. Home owners, after all, cannot afford to hire information technology managers

Keywords

Internet; broadband networks; computer networks; home automation; internetworking; telephony; MP3 music programs; appliance control commands; compact disk; controllers; digital versatile disk; gateways; information technology; network interface cards; networking technologies; operating system; sensors; small servers; surveillance cameras; telephony; television; transceivers; CD recording; Digital audio players; Digital cameras; Home appliances; IP networks; Internet telephony; Multimedia systems; Multiple signal classification; Surveillance; TV;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Spectrum, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9235

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/6.809120

Filename

809120