Domestic premises networks

In the domestic environment, electric and electronic equipment can be grouped in different clusters. To interconnect the equipment within a cluster, different networks are being developed. However, several applications may use equipment located in more than one cluster, so these networks need interconnections. These interconnections are handled in interworking units (gateways), which may decrease service performance and/or increase the costs. A new concept for domestic networks in a B-ISDN environment is introduced that minimizes interworking and provides additional features to the user