Multimedia in Home Networking

摘要

The basic challenge of home networking is to connect devices anywhere in the house in a way that is simple, reliable, inexpensive arid secure. Increasing interaction with computers and other electronic & electrical devices in our day to day life has fueled the demand for improved performance of home networks. With multimedia becoming an integral part of our lives, establishing a reliable home network to support multimedia is of great interest. Starting with the discussion of various home networking technologies and their QoS, middleware considerations and network security, this paper specifically deals with PHY and MAC layer description of home networks that support multimedia.