Title :
Mapping home-network appliances to TCP/IP sockets using a three-tiered home gateway architecture
Author :
Corcoran, Peter M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Univ. Coll. Galway, Ireland
fDate :
8/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A three-tier gateway architecture for internetworking between home automation networks and a TCP/IP based wide area network, such as the Internet, is described. The architecture abstracts the functionality of any home network into a driver layer (tier one), and provides a common access layer (tier two) from any TCP/IP network application (tier three) to a local home automation network. Clients and application programs may transparently access services and resources on the home network and appliances connected to the home network may access resources and services on the TCP/IP network
Keywords :
Internet; home automation; internetworking; network interfaces; subscriber loops; transport protocols; Internet; TCP/IP based wide area network; TCP/IP sockets; application programs; clients; common access layer; driver layer; home automation networks; home-network appliances; internetworking; three-tiered home gateway architecture; Competitive intelligence; Consumer electronics; Home appliances; Home automation; IP networks; Intelligent networks; Sockets; TCPIP; Web and internet services; Wide area networks;
Journal_Title :
Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on
