Home Area Network Technologies

  • Authors:
  • C. E. Adams

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • BT Technology Journal
  • Year:
  • 2002

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Abstract

This paper describes the current home networking technologies, some background to their origins, a brief review of how they work and what benefits they bring to the home. Each review concludes with the advantages and disadvantages of the particular networking technology. The role of residential gateways is described, along with example architectures. Finally, some of the Internet-aware devices which are available today are discussed.