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Chapter 1 Services Offered by Home Area Networks |
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1.2.3 Services linked to the person |
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1.2.4 Home services, energy saving, intelligent housing |
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1.3 IP or non-IP home area networks |
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1.3.1 Comparison with automobiles: the requirement of standards for home networks |
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1.5 Appendix: the uses of very high bit rates |
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1.5.1 Progressive deployment |
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Chapter 2 Receiving Television via Internet: IPTV |
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2.2 Digital TV formats (DVB and MPEG standards) |
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2.3 Digital TV transmission through IP |
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2.3.2 The evolution of consumer trends |
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2.4 IPTV: elements of the network |
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2.4.2 Data transmission in an IPTV network |
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2.4.4 IP channel-switching |
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2.4.5 IPTV in a local loop |
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2.5 Set-top box (STB) hardware and software design |
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2.7 Appendix: notes on digital television |
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2.7.2 Screens, size and resolution |
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Chapter 3 Household Internet Connections |
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3.1.2 Communication media |
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3.1.3 The DOCSIS/EURODOCSIS standard |
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3.1.4 Modems and DOCSIS/EURODOCSIS CMTS |
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3.1.5 RF DOCSIS/EURODOCSIS signals |
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3.1.6 Sizing optical nodes for DOCSIS services |
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3.1.9 The last mile: from local loop VHF to fiber |
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3.1.10 Transport and distribution of signals from headend to local loops |
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3.2 Internet access by means of outdoor PLC |
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3.2.1 Structure of an electrical supply network |
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3.2.2 Use of the electric pair by PLC |
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3.2.3 Frequencies used by PLC |
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3.2.5 Administration of an outdoor PLC |
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3.3 Fiber optics to the home (FTTH) |
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3.3.2 Fiber optic technologies |
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3.3.4 Lasers, LEDs and optical receivers |
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3.3.5 Fiber optic subscriber connections: FTTx |
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3.3.6 Fiber to the Home (FTTH) |
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3.4.4 Data organization: ADSL frame and superframe |
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3.4.5 Elements of ADSL access |
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3.4.6 Protocol architecture for ADSL |
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3.4.7 Gigabit Ethernet transmission |
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3.4.9 Services over an ADSL network |
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3.5 High bit rate radio: satellite, WiMAX and LTE |
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3.5.2 Worldwide Inter-operability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) |
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3.5.4 Internet by satellite |
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Chapter 4 Home Area Network Technologies |
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4.2 The home network in coaxial cable |
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4.2.1 Communication mediums |
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4.2.2 Transported signals: DOCSIS/EURODOCSIS |
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4.3 Home networks using indoor power line communications |
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4.3.1 Standards and norms |
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4.3.2 Possibility of two different networks |
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4.3.3 Safeguarding the local network |
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4.3.4 Analysis and administration |
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4.4.2 The LTE standard and femtocells |
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4.5 Plastic optical fibers |
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4.5.3 Recognition of other mediums and external connections |
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4.6 WiFi home area networks |
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4.6.3 Connection to the Internet using radio waves |
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4.6.4 WiFi protocol layers |
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4.6.5 Successive WiFi standards |
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4.6.6 Transmission technologies |
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4.6.7 WiFi network deployment |
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4.6.9 802.11n: the future of WiFi |
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Chapter 5 Software Structure used in Home Area Networks |
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5.1 Characteristics of Home Area Networks |
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5.1.3 Absence of an administrator |
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5.2 The digital leisure network: UPNP/DLNA |
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5.2.1 The UPNP/DLNA organization and certification |
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5.2.2 Devices, service and action models |
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5.2.3 Classes of devices: home, mobile, internetwork |
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5.2.4 Formats: images, audio, video |
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5.2.5 Network and transport of media |
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5.3 Home systems networks |
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5.3.1 The needs of home systems networks |
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5.3.2 MAC and physical layers on an RF network: IEEE 802.15.4 |
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5.3.3 Networking and datalinking over an RF network: example of ZigBee |
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5.3.4 Networking and datalinking over an electric cabled network |
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Chapter 6 Software Structures in Use for Home Area Networks |
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6.1.1 The role of a service gateway |
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6.1.2 Service administration: OSGi bundles |
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6.1.3 Collection and redistribution of information: contexts and methods |
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6.2 Security in home systems and multimedia networks |
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6.2.1 Service access methods |
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6.2.2 Virtual networks (VPN) |
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Chapter 7 Service Platforms |
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7.1 Service platform for a managed network |
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247 | (5) |
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7.2 Internet kiosk on an unmanaged network |
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7.2.4 Development languages of applications |
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