Home Area Networks and IPTV

by Ré; my, Jean-Gabriel; Letamendia, Charlotte

Edition: 1st

ISBN13: 9781848212954

ISBN10: 184821295X

Format: Hardcover

Pub. Date: 2011-05-31

Publisher(s): Wiley-ISTE

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Summary

The field of Home Area Networks (HAN), a dedicated residential subset of LAN technologies for home-based use, is fast becoming the next frontier for the communications industry. This book describes the various technologies involved in the implementation of a HAN: high-speed Internet connections, indoor implementations, services, software, and management packages. It also reviews multimedia applications (which are increasingly the most important and complex aspects of most HANs) with a detailed description of IPTV technology. It highlights the main technologies used for HANs: information transmission by means of copper pairs, coaxial cables, fiber optics, and Wi-Fi radio systems, as well as the software systems necessary for the processing and management of these data communications. These technologies - examples of which include the well-known 802.11 family of standards, and less widespread 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 are interested in high-speed communication technologies and their actual or potential use in the home or in the small - medium size enterprise (SME) commercial environment.

Author Biography

Jean-Gabriel Rmy has previously held several RD positions in French telecom operators (France Telecon SFR). He is today an adviser for telecommunications topics in the French ministry of economy, industry energy. Charlotte Letamendia is currently responsible for new products at SAGEMCOM, a company which is well advanced in the design and production of high-speed Internet devices.

Services Offered by Home Area Networks	p. 1
Why home networking?	p. 1
Service convergence	p. 2
Triple play	p. 4
Quadruple play	p. 6
Services linked to the person	p. 7
Home services, energy saving, intelligent housing	p. 8
IP or non-IP home area networks	p. 8
Comparison with automobiles: the requirement of standards for home networks	p. 10
Bibliograpy	p. 11
Appendix: the uses of very high bit rates	p. 11
Progressive deployment	p. 13
Client ubiquity	p. 16
Receiving Television via Internet: IPTV	p. 19
Introduction	p. 20
Digital TV formats (DVB and MPEG standards)	p. 20
MPEG	p. 20
DVB	p. 21
Digital TV transmission through IP	p. 29
History and market	p. 29
The evolution of consumer trends	p. 32
IPTV: elements of the network	p. 33
General points	p. 33
Data transmission in an IPTV network	p. 37
Quality of service	p. 40
IP channel-switching	p. 48
IPTV in a local loop	p. 49
Set-top box (STB) hardware and software design	p. 50
IPTV middleware	p. 51
Content protection	p. 52
Interactivity	p. 52
Bibliography	p. 53
Appendix: notes on digital television	p. 53
Video	p. 53
Screens, size and resolution	p. 55
Production	p. 57
Household Internet Connections	p. 61
Network cables	p. 61
Introduction	p. 61
Communication media	p. 63
The DOCSIS/EURODOCSIS standard	p. 69
Modems and DOCSIS/EURODOCSIS CMTS	p. 72
RF DOCSIS/EURODOCSIS signals	p. 73
Sizing optical nodes for DOCSIS services	p. 77
Digital Television	p. 78
Analog television	p. 79
The last mile: from local loop VHF to fiber	p. 80
Transport and distribution of signals from headend to local loops	p. 84
Internet access by means of outdoor PLC	p. 91
Structure of an electrical supply network	p. 92
Use of the electric pair by PLC	p. 93
Frequencies used by PLC	p. 95
PLC standards	p. 96
Administration of an outdoor PLC	p. 97
Fiber optics to the home (FTTH)	p. 98
Introduction	p. 98
Fiber optic technologies	p. 99
Fiber optic cables	p. 104
Lasers, LEDs and optical receivers	p. 106
Fiber optic subscriber connections: FTTx	p. 107
Fiber to the Home (FTTH)	p. 119
xDSL networks	p. 120
Introduction	p. 120
General points	p. 121
ADSL technology	p. 124
Data organization: ADSL frame and superframe	p. 128
Elements of ADSL access	p. 129
Protocol architecture for ADSL	p. 133
Gigabit Ethernet transmission	p. 139
Unbundling	p. 140
Services over an ADSL network	p. 141
High bit rate radio: satellite, WiMAX and LTE	p. 144
Introduction	p. 144
Worldwide Inter-operability for Microwave Access (WiMAX)	p. 145
LTE (-SAE)	p. 149
Internet by satellite	p. 151
Bibliography	p. 152
Home Area Network Technologies	p. 155
Copper pair cables	p. 155
The home network in coaxial cable	p. 157
Communication mediums	p. 158
Transported signals: DOCSIS/EURODOCSIS	p. 159
Terminal section	p. 159
FTTLA beyond 2012	p. 160
Home networks using indoor power line communications	p. 160
Standards and norms	p. 163
Possibility of two different networks	p. 164
Safeguarding the local network	p. 164
Analysis and administration	p. 164
LTE femtocells	p. 165
Introduction	p. 165
The LTE standard and femtocells	p. 166
Plastic optical fibers	p. 167
POF transmission	p. 167
IEEE 1394 standard	p. 171
Recognition of other mediums and external connections	p. 174
WiFi home area networks	p. 175
Introduction	p. 175
General points	p. 176
Connection to the Internet using radio waves	p. 177
WiFi protocol layers	p. 177
Successive WiFi standards	p. 183
Transmission technologies	p. 183
WiFi network deployment	p. 189
Privacy	p. 195
802.11n: the future of WiFi	p. 200
Home gateway	p. 204
Bibliography	p. 206
Software Structure used in Home Area Networks	p. 207
Characteristics of Home Area Networks	p. 207
Heterogeneity	p. 208
Dynamicity	p. 209
Absence of an administrator	p. 210
The digital leisure network: UPNP/DLNA	p. 211
The UPNP/DLNA organization and certification	p. 211
Devices, service and action models	p. 213
Classes of devices: home, mobile, internetwork	p. 217
Formats: images, audio, video	p. 222
Networks and transport of media	p. 223
Conclusion	p. 226
Home systems networks	p. 226
The needs of home systems networks	p. 226
MAC and physical layers on an RF network: IEEE 802.15.4	p. 228
Networking and datalinking over an RF Network: example of ZigBee	p. 233
Networking and datalinking over an electric cabled network	p. 235
Software Structures in Use for Home Area Networks	p. 237
Service gateways	p. 237
The role of a service gateway	p. 237
Service administration: OSGi bundles	p. 239
Collection and redistribution of information: contexts and methods	p. 242
Security in home systems and multimedia networks	p. 242
Service access methods	p. 242
Virtual networks (VPN)	p. 244
Bibliography	p. 245
Service Platforms	p. 247
Service platform for a managed network	p. 247
Services	p. 247
Servers	p. 249
Internet kiosk on an unmanaged network	p. 252
General points	p. 252
Security	p. 253
Private life	p. 254
Development languages of applications	p. 254
Sharing resources	p. 255
Glossary	p. 259
Index	p. 271
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