1.2. The Service Gateway
Traditional service providers such as utilities, telephone, and cable TV companies all have their own dedicated wires into the home. However, in the envisioned networked home of the future, this configuration will soon become unmanageably complex for a diversified portfolio of services, such as home security, health monitoring, telephony, and audio/video media, each possibly using a different communication technology. It will also miss interesting opportunities for integration. As a result, a centralized device interfacing the external Internet and the internal device and appliance networks has been proposed (Figure 1.1). This device is called a service gateway.[1]
[1] This term is used interchangeably with residential ...
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