Emerging home digital networking needs

Author

Chen, Walter Y.

Author_Institution

Res. & Dev. Center, Texas Instrum. Inc., USA

fYear

1997

fDate

11-12 Sep 1997

Firstpage

7

Lastpage

12

Abstract

In this paper, the situation of an emerging home network environment is examined. There are four driving needs for a home network. They are home automation, home computer, digital audio and video distribution, and digital access network. In the past, the home network is driven by home automation and analog audio and video distribution systems. Most recently, the effort on the development of a digital home network has been driven by emerging digital access and digital consumer electronics technologies. The system requirements are analyzed for different home network applications. The possibility of using IEEE 1394 protocol for a digital home network is explored

Keywords

consumer electronics; home automation; IEEE 1394 protocol; digital access network; digital audio; digital home network; emerging home digital networking; home automation; home computer; home network environment; system requirements; video distribution; Automatic control; Centralized control; Communication system control; Home appliances; Home automation; Home computing; Lighting control; Switches; Telephony; Wiring;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Community Networking Proceedings, 1997 Fourth International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4290-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CN.1997.629949

Filename

629949