Technologies for Home Networking
1st Edition
Published on 7. March 2008
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-0-470-07374-2 (ISBN)
Description
A broad overview of the home networking field, ranging from wireless technologies to practical applications
In the future, it is expected that private networks (e.g., home networks) will become part of the global network ecosystem, participating in sharing their own content, running IP-based services, and possibly becoming service providers themselves. This is already happening in the so-called "social networks" and peer-to-peer file sharing networks on the Internet-making this emerging topic one of the most active research areas in the wireless communications field.
This book bridges the gap between wireless networking and service research communities, which, until now, have confined their work to their respective fields. Here, a number of industry professionals and academic experts have contributed chapters on various aspects of the subject to present an overview of home networking technologies with a special emphasis on the user as the center of all activities. Coverage includes:
Networked home use cases and scenarios
Media format, media exchange, and media interoperability
Location-aware device and service discovery
Security in smart homes
Secure service discovery protocol implementation for wireless ad-hoc networks
Multimedia content protection in consumer networks
Mobile device connectivity in home networks
Unlicensed mobile access/generic access network
Wireless sensor networks in the home
Ultra-wideband and sensor networking in the home environment
With a balanced mix of practice and theory, Technologies for Home Networking focuses on the latest technologies for speedier, more reliable wireless networking and explains how to facilitate workable end-to-end solutions from a user's perspective. This book is an ideal resource for practicing engineers, designers, and managers with an interest in home networking and also serves as a valuable text for graduate students.
In the future, it is expected that private networks (e.g., home networks) will become part of the global network ecosystem, participating in sharing their own content, running IP-based services, and possibly becoming service providers themselves. This is already happening in the so-called "social networks" and peer-to-peer file sharing networks on the Internet-making this emerging topic one of the most active research areas in the wireless communications field.
This book bridges the gap between wireless networking and service research communities, which, until now, have confined their work to their respective fields. Here, a number of industry professionals and academic experts have contributed chapters on various aspects of the subject to present an overview of home networking technologies with a special emphasis on the user as the center of all activities. Coverage includes:
Networked home use cases and scenarios
Media format, media exchange, and media interoperability
Location-aware device and service discovery
Security in smart homes
Secure service discovery protocol implementation for wireless ad-hoc networks
Multimedia content protection in consumer networks
Mobile device connectivity in home networks
Unlicensed mobile access/generic access network
Wireless sensor networks in the home
Ultra-wideband and sensor networking in the home environment
With a balanced mix of practice and theory, Technologies for Home Networking focuses on the latest technologies for speedier, more reliable wireless networking and explains how to facilitate workable end-to-end solutions from a user's perspective. This book is an ideal resource for practicing engineers, designers, and managers with an interest in home networking and also serves as a valuable text for graduate students.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paper over boards
Dimensions
Height: 236 mm
Width: 163 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
540 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-470-07374-2 (9780470073742)
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Persons
Sudhir Dixit, PhD, is the Head of Network Technology, USA, in Nokia Siemens Networks. His current area of interest is broadband access. Previously, he was a research fellow and a senior research manager in Nokia Research Center, where he worked on IP/ATM, wireless, content networks, and optical networks. He has published or presented over 150 papers, published three books, and holds sixteen patents. Dr. Dixit is on the Steering Board of the Wireless World Research Forum and is also Chair of the SIG on Self-Organization of Wireless World Systems. He is a Fellow of IET and IETE and a Senior Member of IEEE.
Ramjee Prasad, PhD, is the Wireless Information Multimedia Communications Chair and Codirector of the Center for PersonKommunikation, Aalborg University, Denmark. He has published over 300 technical papers and twenty-three books. Dr. Prasad is a Fellow of IET and IETE, a Senior Member of IEEE, and a Member of NERG.
Ramjee Prasad, PhD, is the Wireless Information Multimedia Communications Chair and Codirector of the Center for PersonKommunikation, Aalborg University, Denmark. He has published over 300 technical papers and twenty-three books. Dr. Prasad is a Fellow of IET and IETE, a Senior Member of IEEE, and a Member of NERG.
Content
Preface xiii
Contributor List xvii
1 Introduction to Networked Home 1
Mahbubul Alam, Sudhir Dixit, and Ramjee Prasad
1.1 Background, 2
1.2 Technology Adoption Trends, 6
1.3 Social Network, 8
1.4 Consumer Trends, 9
1.5 Living in Real Time, 11
1.6 Confluence of Events, 11
1.7 Application and Service Convergence, 12
1.8 Network Convergence and Regulations, 14
1.9 Terminal Convergence, 15
1.10 Home Networking, 16
1.11 Connected Home, 20
1.12 Vision of the Future, 21
1.13 Brief Overview of the Book, 22
1.14 Conclusions, 23
2 Media Format Interoperability 27
Anthony Vetro
2.1 Background, 27
2.2 Media Formats, 29
2.3 Metadata Formats, 34
2.4 Media Adaptation, 39
2.5 Mandatory Media Format Profiles, 41
2.6 Media Format Interoperability: An Example, 42
2.7 Conclusions, 43
3 Media Description and Distribution in Content Home Networks 47
Edwin A. Heredia
3.1 Diversification of Media Format Variants, 49
3.2 Content Home Network Architecture Components, 52
3.3 Content Format Variants in the Home, 55
3.4 Description of Content Features and Device Capabilities, 58
3.5 Media Exchange Description Language, 62
3.6 Conclusions, 71
4 Mobile Device Connectivity in Home Networks 73
Mika Saaranen and Dimitris Kalofonos
4.1 Related Work, 74
4.2 Basic Home Use Cases, 75
4.3 Home Networking Challenges, 77
4.4 Architecture and Technologies for Local and Remote Home Connectivity, 80
4.5 Conclusions, 88
5 Generic Access Network Toward Fixed-Mobile Convergence 93
Claus Lindholt Hansen
5.1 Trends in the Industry, 94
5.2 Standardization, 94
5.3 Gan Overview, 95
5.4 Benefits with the GAN Technology, 100
5.5 Practical Experiences, 102
5.6 Impact on Networks and Processes, 102
5.7 Discussion, 103
5.8 Evolution of GAN, 104
5.9 Conclusions, 104
6 Secure Wireless Personal Networks: Home Extended to Anywhere 107
John Farserotu and Juha Saarnio
6.1 A Vision of a Personal Network, 109
6.2 Some Example Scenarios, 110
6.3 System and Requirements, 113
6.4 User Requirements and Scenarios, 115
6.5 Network Architecture, 115
6.6 Access and Access Control Techniques, 116
6.7 Security, 116
6.8 Devices and Service Platforms, 116
6.9 System Optimization and Operator Perspectives, 117
6.10 Toward Personal Services over Personal Networks, 118
6.11 Conclusions, 118
7 Usable Security in Smart Homes 121
Saad Shakhshir and Dimitris Kalofonos
7.1 Survey of Related Work, 122
7.2 Basic Home Security Use Cases, 124
7.3 A Smart Home Security Model, 127
7.4 Design Challenges, 128
7.5 Usability, 129
7.6 Conclusions, 132
8 Multimedia Content Protection Techniques in Consumer Networks 135
Heather Yu
8.1 Techniques for Multimedia Content Protection, 136
8.2 Techniques for Content Protection in Consumer Networking Environment, 141
8.3 Providing User-centric Services for Content Protection in Consumer Networks, 149
9 Device and Service Discovery in Home Networks 153
Paul Wisner, Franklin Reynolds, Linda Kallstrom, Sanna Suoranta, Tommi Mikkonen, and Jussi Saarinen
9.1 Device and Service Discovery, 154
9.2 The Home and the Extended Home, 158
9.3 User Control Devices, 159
9.4 Selected Discovery Protocols, 162
9.5 Improving Service Discovery, 176
9.6 Conclusions, 179
10 Small, Cheap Devices for Wireless Sensor Networks 183
Zach Shelby, John Farserotu, and John F.M. Gerrits
10.1 Impulse Radio UWB, 185
10.2 IEEE 802.15.4A, 188
10.3 Frequency Modulation UWB, 189
10.4 System-On-a-Chip, 193
10.5 Embedded Operating System, 194
10.6 Conclusions, 195
11 "Spotting ": A Novel Application of Wireless Sensor Networks in the Home 197
Henry Tirri
11.1 Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Network Architecture, 199
11.2 "Spotting", 201
11.3 Conclusions, 205
References, 206
Index 207
Contributor List xvii
1 Introduction to Networked Home 1
Mahbubul Alam, Sudhir Dixit, and Ramjee Prasad
1.1 Background, 2
1.2 Technology Adoption Trends, 6
1.3 Social Network, 8
1.4 Consumer Trends, 9
1.5 Living in Real Time, 11
1.6 Confluence of Events, 11
1.7 Application and Service Convergence, 12
1.8 Network Convergence and Regulations, 14
1.9 Terminal Convergence, 15
1.10 Home Networking, 16
1.11 Connected Home, 20
1.12 Vision of the Future, 21
1.13 Brief Overview of the Book, 22
1.14 Conclusions, 23
2 Media Format Interoperability 27
Anthony Vetro
2.1 Background, 27
2.2 Media Formats, 29
2.3 Metadata Formats, 34
2.4 Media Adaptation, 39
2.5 Mandatory Media Format Profiles, 41
2.6 Media Format Interoperability: An Example, 42
2.7 Conclusions, 43
3 Media Description and Distribution in Content Home Networks 47
Edwin A. Heredia
3.1 Diversification of Media Format Variants, 49
3.2 Content Home Network Architecture Components, 52
3.3 Content Format Variants in the Home, 55
3.4 Description of Content Features and Device Capabilities, 58
3.5 Media Exchange Description Language, 62
3.6 Conclusions, 71
4 Mobile Device Connectivity in Home Networks 73
Mika Saaranen and Dimitris Kalofonos
4.1 Related Work, 74
4.2 Basic Home Use Cases, 75
4.3 Home Networking Challenges, 77
4.4 Architecture and Technologies for Local and Remote Home Connectivity, 80
4.5 Conclusions, 88
5 Generic Access Network Toward Fixed-Mobile Convergence 93
Claus Lindholt Hansen
5.1 Trends in the Industry, 94
5.2 Standardization, 94
5.3 Gan Overview, 95
5.4 Benefits with the GAN Technology, 100
5.5 Practical Experiences, 102
5.6 Impact on Networks and Processes, 102
5.7 Discussion, 103
5.8 Evolution of GAN, 104
5.9 Conclusions, 104
6 Secure Wireless Personal Networks: Home Extended to Anywhere 107
John Farserotu and Juha Saarnio
6.1 A Vision of a Personal Network, 109
6.2 Some Example Scenarios, 110
6.3 System and Requirements, 113
6.4 User Requirements and Scenarios, 115
6.5 Network Architecture, 115
6.6 Access and Access Control Techniques, 116
6.7 Security, 116
6.8 Devices and Service Platforms, 116
6.9 System Optimization and Operator Perspectives, 117
6.10 Toward Personal Services over Personal Networks, 118
6.11 Conclusions, 118
7 Usable Security in Smart Homes 121
Saad Shakhshir and Dimitris Kalofonos
7.1 Survey of Related Work, 122
7.2 Basic Home Security Use Cases, 124
7.3 A Smart Home Security Model, 127
7.4 Design Challenges, 128
7.5 Usability, 129
7.6 Conclusions, 132
8 Multimedia Content Protection Techniques in Consumer Networks 135
Heather Yu
8.1 Techniques for Multimedia Content Protection, 136
8.2 Techniques for Content Protection in Consumer Networking Environment, 141
8.3 Providing User-centric Services for Content Protection in Consumer Networks, 149
9 Device and Service Discovery in Home Networks 153
Paul Wisner, Franklin Reynolds, Linda Kallstrom, Sanna Suoranta, Tommi Mikkonen, and Jussi Saarinen
9.1 Device and Service Discovery, 154
9.2 The Home and the Extended Home, 158
9.3 User Control Devices, 159
9.4 Selected Discovery Protocols, 162
9.5 Improving Service Discovery, 176
9.6 Conclusions, 179
10 Small, Cheap Devices for Wireless Sensor Networks 183
Zach Shelby, John Farserotu, and John F.M. Gerrits
10.1 Impulse Radio UWB, 185
10.2 IEEE 802.15.4A, 188
10.3 Frequency Modulation UWB, 189
10.4 System-On-a-Chip, 193
10.5 Embedded Operating System, 194
10.6 Conclusions, 195
11 "Spotting ": A Novel Application of Wireless Sensor Networks in the Home 197
Henry Tirri
11.1 Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Network Architecture, 199
11.2 "Spotting", 201
11.3 Conclusions, 205
References, 206
Index 207