Broadband Applications and the Digital Home
A look at the ways consumers will use broadband access and what the key applications will be for provider and consumer.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Broadband Applications and the Digital Home
Part Two: Networking The Home
Chapter List
- Chapter 3: Introducing the Home Area Network
- Chapter 4: Broadband in the Home
- Chapter 5: Residential Gateways
- Chapter 6: Home Area Network Technologies
- Chapter 7: Standards for Broadband Customer Premises Equipment
JG Turnbull
Part Overview
The second part of the book looks at what happens when broadband information arrives at the home. How is it delivered around the home? This part comprises five chapters which introduce the home area network, talk about the practical issues of installing the home network, describe the residential gateway, and outline the network technologies, with the final chapter discussing the standards required for home networking.
Chapter 3 Introducing the Home Area Network
This chapter assesses commercial developments, against the backdrop of a difficult time for the telecommunications industry, in order to give a view of the future when, where and how the digital home will emerge.
Chapter 4 Broadband in the Home
What actually happens when broadband reaches the home? The author of this chapter reviews current broadband technology, examing how broadband has been introduced, the practical difficulties of installing broadband in the home, the move to self-installation, and the need for a home gateway.
Chapter 5 Residential Gateways
This chapter describes a view of the residential gateway ( ... a key infrastructure component in the future home network ... ) as the connection point for networks, computers, telecommunications, entertainment systems and management schemes within the digital home. It discusses its evolution and the role it could play. Is there a future in home...
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