HOME NETWORKING AND HOME TECHNOLOGIES
A Thesis Research Project by: Luis F. Montoya
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Last Updated on 08/01/03
Note: This research has not been finished, and probably never will in its current format!!
INTRODUCTION
Home automation is a relative new industry that uses all the electronic
resources recently developed to create a more pleasant and efficient environment
by way of computer networking and embedded control. Several protocols have
emerged to capitalize on these ideas, and at the present time, it doesn't
appear to be a clear winner, but rather a coexistence of them in the market
place. Clear contenders for a share of the home automation market are X-10,
CEBus and LonWorks.
The apparent "war" of protocols makes a ripe market for smart interpreters
and gateways that arbitrate between them and allow the system to issue
a command in one of the protocols in response to a request from a different
one. This project intends to delve into some of these needs.
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RESEARCH INDEX
The order of this index do not reflect the
order in which the research is being conducted.
Progress Report
Power Line Communications: A Brief Study
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X-10
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CEBus
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CEBus Description
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IS-60 Standard - Its parts
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CEBus Media and Physical Layers
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Network Topology
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PL Network
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TP Network
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CX Network
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CEBus Protocol - An Overview
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Application Layer
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Network Layer
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Data Link Layer
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Physical Layer
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The CEBus Common Application Language (CAL)
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Objectives of CAL
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The context Data Structure
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Examples
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Some CEBus Applications
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ECHELON'S LONWORKS
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A Comparison Study of The Studied Technologies
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Pros and Cons of them
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Survey of Available Development Tools
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Survey of Available Gateways and Performance Evaluation
of Some of Them
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X-10 Gateways
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CEBus Gateways
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LONWORKS Gateways
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Design of a Multiprotocol Gateway
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Description of proposed system using some of the available gateways
described such as RS-232, RS-485, etc.
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A design of a multiport gateway using an of -the shelf single board computer
and chip-sets from each of the technologies.
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Application of the Multiprotocol Gateway
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Bibliography
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Thesis Chapters
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