Home Area Networks and IPTV
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Beschreibung
The field of Home Area Networks (HAN), a dedicated residentialsubset of LAN technologies for home-based use, is fast becoming thenext frontier for the communications industry.
This book describes the various technologies involved in theimplementation of a HAN: high-speed Internet connections, indoorimplementations, services, software, and management packages. Italso reviews multimedia applications (which are increasingly themost important and complex aspects of most HANs) with a detaileddescription of IPTV technology. It highlights the main technologiesused for HANs: information transmission by means of copper pairs,coaxial cables, fiber optics, and Wi-Fi radio systems, as well asthe software systems necessary for the processing and management ofthese data communications. These technologies - examples ofwhich include the well-known 802.11 family of standards, and lesswidespread applications such as the HomePlug powerline standard- are highly relevant to multimedia, remote healthcare,remote working, energy, and device management in the home.
The book is written for engineers working in the field, or who areinterested in high-speed communication technologies and theiractual or potential use in the home or in the small - mediumsize enterprise (SME) commercial environment.
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Jean-Gabriel Remy
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