Home Networking Technologies and Standards

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.

Text covers current and emerging home networking technologies, standards, and trends. Identifies the main residential services and analyzes their network requirements. Explains how the technologies work, how they have evolved, what their capabilities are, and what markets they target. DLC: Home computer networks.


About the Author:

Theodore B. Zahariadis is a Technical Director at Ellemedia (an affiliate of Bell Laboratories). He received his Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece and his Dipl.-Ing. degree in computer engineering from the University of Patras, Greece.