Description

This book is about the latest topics in home networking, such as the use cases,
various networking technologies, security, service discovery, media formats and
description, media distribution, security, digital rights management, and the role of
sensor technologies in the home environment. Because each topic can easily
expand into a book of its own and it is difficult to have in-depth knowledge in all
of these domains, we chose to invite the various experts in the fields to contribute
their thoughts. The book is written in a style to provide a broad overview of the
home networking technologies with a special emphasis on the user as the center of
all activities in the home. The book is aimed toward practicing engineers, graduate
students, and researchers. It has been our objective to provide the material in one
single place to enable quick learning of the fundamentals involved in an easy-to read
format.