Chapter 1. Services Offered by Home Area Networks Chapter 2. Receiving Television via Internet: IPTV

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1 Chapter 1. Services Offered by Home Area Networks Why home networking? Service convergence Triple play Quadruple play Services linked to the person Home services, energy saving, intelligent housing IP or non-ip home area networks Comparison with automobiles: the requirement of standards for home networks Bibliography Appendix: the uses of very high bit rates Progressive deployment Client ubiquity Chapter 2. Receiving Television via Internet: IPTV Introduction Digital TV formats (DVB and MPEG standards) MPEG DVB Digital TV transmission through IP History and market The evolution of consumer trends IPTV: elements of the network General points Data transmission in an IPTV network Quality of service... 40

2 vi Home Area Networks and IPTV IP channel-switching IPTV in a local loop Set-top box (STB) hardware and software design IPTV middleware Content protection Interactivity Bibliography Appendix: notes on digital television Video Screens, size and resolution Production Chapter 3. Household Internet Connections Network cables Introduction Communication media The DOCSIS/EURODOCSIS standard Modems and DOCSIS/EURODOCSIS CMTS RF DOCSIS/EURODOCSIS signals Sizing optical nodes for DOCSIS services Digital Television Analog television The last mile: from local loop VHF to fiber Transport and distribution of signals from headend to local loops Internet access by means of outdoor PLC Structure of an electrical supply network Use of the electric pair by PLC Frequencies used by PLC PLC standards Administration of an outdoor PLC Fiber optics to the home (FTTH) Introduction Fiber optic technologies Fiber optic cables Lasers, LEDs and optical receivers Fiber optic subscriber connections: FTTx Fiber to the Home (FTTH) xdsl networks Introduction General points ADSL technology

3 vii Data organization: ADSL frame and superframe Elements of ADSL access Protocol architecture for ADSL Gigabit Ethernet transmission Unbundling Services over an ADSL network High bit rate radio: satellite, WiMAX and LTE Introduction Worldwide Inter-operability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) LTE (-SAE) Internet by satellite Bibliography Chapter 4. Home Area Network Technologies Copper pair cables The home network in coaxial cable Communication mediums Transported signals: DOCSIS/EURODOCSIS Terminal section FTTLA beyond Home networks using indoor power line communications Standards and norms Possibility of two different networks Safeguarding the local network Analysis and administration LTE femtocells Introduction The LTE standard and femtocells Plastic optical fibers POF transmission IEEE 1394 standard Recognition of other mediums and external connections WiFi home area networks Introduction General points Connection to the Internet using radio waves WiFi protocol layers Successive WiFi standards Transmission technologies WiFi network deployment Privacy

4 viii Home Area Networks and IPTV n: the future of WiFi Home gateway Bibliography Chapter 5. Software Structure used in Home Area Networks Characteristics of Home Area Networks Heterogeneity Dynamicity Absence of an administrator The digital leisure network: UPNP/DLNA The UPNP/DLNA organization and certification Devices, service and action models Classes of devices: home, mobile, internetwork Formats: images, audio, video Network and transport of media Conclusion Home systems networks The needs of home systems networks MAC and physical layers on an RF network: IEEE Networking and datalinking over an RF network: example of ZigBee Networking and datalinking over an electric cabled network Chapter 6. Software Structures in Use for Home Area Networks Service gateways The role of a service gateway Service administration: OSGi bundles Collection and redistribution of information: contexts and methods Security in home systems and multimedia networks Service access methods Virtual networks (VPN) Bibliography Chapter 7. Service Platforms Service platform for a managed network Services

5 ix Servers Internet kiosk on an unmanaged network General points Security Private life Development languages of applications Sharing resources Glossary Index