TheInfrastructurePlatformforRemoteLearning
Mobility: HomeNet is a heterogenous network, it consists of digital sub network, A/V sub network and control sub network. When all the electronics at home are connected by HOMENET, users should configure, control, manage and check the network performance and equipment status from different access points.
Scalability: Due to the economics, technology and market elements, the process of HOMENET construction is not an instant procedure, but is a accumulating one, so the topology structure must facilitate the system upgrade and maintenance, and the UI should provide the proper interface to the new plugged equipment.
2.4 Access section is the connection between internet and HomeNet, access technology can be divided into two types: wire and wireless ways, the wire way includes Modem, HFC/Cable Modem, FFTH and xDSL technologies, the wireless way includes WAP, LDMS and so on. Traditional Modem technology has low transmission rate, with the home network wide spreads, the access technology will transfer to Cable Modem and xDSL technology, and in the end, the FTTH and WAP technology will be the prefer selection.
3. HomeNet Logical Layer Architecture
Figure1 shows the HOMENET logical architecture, the whole system consists of five layers: physical media layer, protocol layer, API layer, APP layer (application program) and UI (user interface) layer. The specifications of the underlying two layers has been distributed and used in practices.
Figure 1 HomeNet architecture
The API layer is the key of HomeNet , the technologies of it is the hot issue of home network development, the Home API and Jini specifications distributed in 1999. The fourth layer APP is a set of applications over the third. The fifth layer is UI, it is a set of various interface tools, it is not limited to PC, but also includes emergent buttons, help switches, remote controlling devices and other visual interfaces.
The HomeNet protocols can be divided into three types: under layer protocols ( media ,protocol layers), API protocols and UI specifications. In UI layer, without proper distributed specifications, with the market enlarging and the increment of user requirement, it is necessary to standardize the UI design. From the view of zone, the HomeNet specifications are distributed by America, Europe and Japan, such as Japan’s HBS, Europe’s BatiBUS, Europe Home System and EIB, America’s X10, CEBus and lonWorks. Addition, some work group also distributed specifications such as HAVI’s IEEE 1394, Bluetooth, HPNP, Home API and Jini[4][5].
4. The Connect Scenarios and Media
There are several communication media at home as following: TP (twisted pair), TL (telephone line), xDSL, Cable Modem, FB (fiber), PL (power line) and wireless trsmission (IEEE802.11, HomeRF, Bluetooth). TP, TL and PL are current prevailing media in HomeNet, FB, xDSL, Cable Modem and wireless media will dominate in the future.
The implement of connection scenarios are relative closely to the communication media . The two rules must be observed in HOMENET construction, the first is the usability and the another is the reasonable cost. Due to HOMENET’S various functions and each family’s affording ability, the connection scenarios will also be various. In the following sections, we discuss ether and fast ether network, home TL network, PL network and wireless network.
Ether and fast ether network: ether network is often used in practice , simplicity and reliability is its advantage, and the cost is lower than other scenarios. The compatibility of it makes it convenient to upgrade from 10mpbs to 100mpbs and 1000mpbs ether network, and it benefits users from protecting the original investigates, so this is a preferred scenario in constructing HomeNet.
TL HomeNet: Home TL technology makes it possible to build a high speed network at home by use already existing telephone lines. The 10mpbs TL specification has been distributed in HomePNA 2.0, a digital product can be easily linked to the network by a interface module which connects the telephone line plug and the product. Addition, the xDSL technology extends the PL communication band, and makes the TL HOMENET can afford the multimedia applications.
PL network: this scenario interconnects the home digital devices by ubi
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