Summary
The Home Network is where computing, networking, broadcasting, and consumer electronics converge (or collide). Because it is situated on the customer's premises, the Home Network has the special challenge of being user-friendly, low-cost, and supportive of entertainment. The key elements of a Home Network are home media and a Residential Gateway. The options for home media are listed here:
Phone wire
Coaxial cable
Home electrical circuits or powerline
Firewire, or IEEE 1394b
Category 5 wiring
Wireless, standardized as IEEE 802.11a, 802.11b, HomeRF, and Bluetooth
Connecting the Access Network to the home media and serving multiple protocols requires the services of a new piece of consumer electronics equipment, the Residential Gateway. The ...
Get Residential Broadband, Second Edition now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
