The essential guide to home networking technologies - Gerard O'Driscoll

*Covers all the latest home networking technologies *Phoneline, powerline, and wireless networks *Shared broadband Internet technologies *Residential gateways *Middleware and APIs: HAVi(r), Jini, UPnP, and more *For consumers, investors, executives, marketing/PR professionals, and developers Your complete guide to the home networking revolution! Home networking is a market thats about to explode - and whether youre a consumer, investor, executive, marketing/PR professional, or developer, you need to understand it. Only one book covers all you need to know: The Essential Guide to Home Networking Technologies. This book starts where other home networking guides leave off, with thorough, expert coverage of every issue and technology driving home networking. Coverage includes: *Home networking benefits: convenience, time savings, entertainment, security, and more *How home networks work - and how theyre different from business networks *Whos competing in this market - in the U.S. and worldwide *Phoneline networks, including Home Phoneline Networking Alliance systems *Powerline networks: X10, CEBus, Enikia, and Inari *Wireless networks: RF and infrared *Home control and automation syste;Whether youre building a network at home - or a home network business strategy - this is your complete guide to the home networking revolution.