Home Networking

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.

1. Home Networking (Sudhir Dixit and Ramjee Prasad).Introduction.1.1 History.1.2 Building up A Digital World from Today to Tomorrow.1.2.1 Integration, Infrastructure, Intelligence.1.3 Topics in Home Networking.1.3.1 Use Cases and Scenarios.1.3.2 Media formats and interoperability.1.3.3 Device and service discovery.1.3.4 Security and Authentication.1.3.5 Content Protection.1.3.6 Local and Remote Connectivity.1.3.7 Generic Access Network and Unlicensed Mobile Access.1.3.8 Ultra Wideband, WLAN, Bluetooth.1.3.9 Wireless Sensor Networks.1.4 Book Overview.1.5 Summary.References.2. Networked Home Use Cases and Scenarios (Mark Hoffberg, Eugene Shteyan, and Paul Sorenson).Introduction.2.1 General Approach.2.2 Understanding User Needs.2.2.1 Use Case/Usage Scenario Example.2.3 Deriving Technical Guidelines From Use Case Descriptions.2.4 Digital Home Device Classes and Usage Categories.2.4.1 Digital Media Server (DMS) Devices.2.4.2 Digital Media Player (DMP) Devices.2.4.3 Use Categories.2.5 Use Cases and Usage Scenarios and Technical Guidelines.2.6 Use Cases for the Future and Guidelines.2.6.1 Mobile Hand Held Devices in the Home.2.6.2 Three Representative Mobile Usage Scenarios.2.7 SummaryReferences.3. Media Format, Media Exchange, and Media Interoperability (Edwin Heredia).Introduction.3.1 Home Network Architecture.3.2 Multiplicity of Formats in Home Networks.3.3 Discovery of Format Encoding and Decoding Features.3.4 Digital Home Device Classes and Usage Categories.3.5 Media Exchange Description Language (MX DL) Syntax Description.3.6 Transcoding Service Negotiation Using MX DL.3.7 Summary.References.4. Location Aware Device and Service Discovery (Paul Wisner, Franklin Reynolds and Roland Flury).Introduction.4.1 Location Framework.4.1.1 Survey of Position System.4.1.2 Mapping Servers.4.1.3 Location Identifiers.4.2 A Prototype Position System.4.3 Location Enhancements for Device Discovery.4.3.1 Summary of UPnP s Simple Service Discovery Protocol.4.3.2 UPnP Enhancements.4.3.2.1 Adding Location to UPnP.4.3.2.2 Query Language.4.3.2.3 Design Rationale.4.3.2.4 Data Model.4.3.2.5 TPML for Location Queries.4.3.3 Volatile Data.4.4 Placeviews.4.5 Related Work.4.6 Future Work.4.6.1 Enhanced Location Awareness.4.6.2 Indirection for Location Data.4.6.3 Elimination of Infrastructure.4.6.4 Privacy.4.6.5 Location Maps.4.6.6 Location Triggers.4.7 Summary.References.5. Security in Smart Homes (Saad Shakhshir and Dimitris Kalofonos).Introduction.5.1 Related Work.5.2 Basic Home Security Use cases.5.3 Design Challenges.5.4 Usability.5.5 Standards Activities.5.6 Future Work.5.7 Summary.References.6. Secure Service Discovery Protocol Implementation for Wireless Ad hoc Networks (Linda Kallstrom, Juusi Saarinen, and Sanna Liimatainen.Introduction.6.1 Related Work.6.2 Service Discovery Service for Ad hoc Networks.6.2.1 Security Model.6.3 Adapting the Service Location Protocol For Secure Service Discovery.6.3.1 Service Location Protocol (SLP).6.3.2 Security SLP Messages.6.3.3 Applying the Security Model to SLP.6.4 Prototype Implementation.6.5 Discussion.6.6 Summary.References.7. Multimedia Content Protection in Consumer Networks (Heather Yu).Introduction.7.1 Multimedia at Home Content Protection.7.2 Techniques for Multimedia Content Protection.7.3 Issues and Discussions.7.3.1 High User Accessibility with Customizable High Security.7.3.2 High Interoperability, Low System Complexity.7.3.3 High Renewability, Low Cost.7.3.4 High Scalability with Application Appropriate Security.7.3.5 Highly Intelligent and Active Protection Vs. Passive Protection.7.4 Summary.References.8. Mobile Device Connectivity in Home Networks (Mika Saaranen and Dimitris Kalofonos).Introduction.8.1 Related Work.8.2 Basic Home Connectivity Use cases.8.3 Home Networking Challenges.8.4 Local and Remote Home Connectivity: Architecture and Technologies.8.4.1 Overview of Home Connectivity Architecture.8.4.2 Local Connectivity.8.4.2.1 IEEE 802.3.8.4.2.2 IEEE 802.11 a/b/g.8.4.2.3 Bluetooth.8.4.2.4 UltraWide Band (UWB).8.4.2.5 IEEE 802.15.4 (Zigbee).8.4.2.6 HomePlug.8.4.2.7 IEEE 1394 (FireWire).8.4.2.8 Near Field Communications (NFC).8.4.2.9 USB.8.4.2.10 HomePNA.8.4.3 Remote Connectivity.8.5 Summary.References.9. Unlicensed Mobile Access/Generic Access Network (Claus Hansen).Introduction.9.1 Generic Access Network (GAN) Overview.9.1.1 Security.9.1.2 Allocation of the Correct GAN Controller (GANC) for the Mobile Station.9.1.3 Rove In and Rove Out.9.1.4 Transparent Access to Services in the Mobile Core Network.9.1.5 GPRS Support in GAN.9.1.6 Location Services.9.1.7 Emergency Services.9.1.8 GAN Protocol Architecture.9.1.9 Bluetooth or WiFi.9.2 Benefits with the GAN Technology.9.2.1 Operators.9.2.2 End User.9.2.3 Terminal Availability.9.2.4 Convergence.9.3 Practical Experiences.9.4 Impact on Networks and Processes.9.5 Discussion.9.6 Summary.References.10. Wireless Sensor Networks in the Home (Henry Tirri)Introduction.10.1 Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Network Architecture.10.2 "Spotting".10.2.1 Tagging Physical Objects "Spots".10.2.2 Spot Operations.10.2.2.1 Spot Saving.10.2.2.2 Spot Retrieval.10.2.3 On the Spotting Key Function K.10.2.4 Spotting with Additional Sensor Information.10.3 Summary.References.11. Ultra Wide Band (UWB) and Sensor Networking in the Home Environment (Zack Shelby, Ian Oppermann, and Lucian Stoica).Introduction.11.1 Ultra Wide Band.11.1.1 Experimental Implementation.11.1.2 IEEE 802.15.4a.11.2 Home Sensor Networks.11.2.1 Gateway Architecture.11.2.2 Reconfigurable Stacks.11.3 Summary.References.