| Home Networking Technologies and Standards Contributor(s): Zahariadis, Theodore B. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1580536484 ISBN-13: 9781580536486 Publisher: Artech House Publishers OUR PRICE: $86.45 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2003 Annotation: A potentially huge, multi-trillion dollar market, home networking promises to interconnect home PCs. Covering the current and emerging home networking technologies, standards and trends, this new, practical resource offers a comprehensive understanding of this developing area. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Telecommunications - Computers | Networking - Local Area Networks (lans) |
| Dewey: 004.68 |
| LCCN: 2003058862 |
| Series: Artech House Telecommunications Library |
| Physical Information: 0.64" H x 7.26" W x 9.28" (1.02 lbs) 186 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Covering the vast majority of current and emerging home networking technologies, standards and trends, this practical resource offers you a comprehensive understanding of this developing area. The book presents an end-to-end reference architecture, where the main residential services are identified and their network requirements are fully analyzed. You find detailed coverage of both wireless and wireline technologies, including IEEE 802.11, Firewire, USB, HiperLAN and Bluetooth. You learn how the technologies work, how they have evolved, what their capabilities are and what markets they target. The book also discusses fixed-wireless and satellite access network alternatives. applications, operational concept, architecture and protocol stack of higher layer technologies that aim to provide convergence between multiple in-home and access networks. The book introduces the concept of the residential gateway (RG) as a single point of network convergence, and explores important considerations for future digital-smart networked homes. |