Home Networks
Hans W. Barz, Gregory A. Bassett · 2016
This chapter examines the protocols and infrastructure required to support the playing of content within the home. Because of the lack of trained home network administrators, the overall setup requires simplicity and high interoperability between devices. All normal standard committees such as IETF, IEEE, and others have shown limited interest to standardize all elements of the home network. The chapter discusses the available IETF home network standards and the port mapping protocol (PMP) for NAT. It describes that Apple does support the Zeroconf standard under the name Bonjour. Other multimedia home network standards are proprietary, such as digital photo access protocol (DPAP), digital audio access protocol (DAAP) on top of digital media access protocol (DMAP). The DMAP protocols have the same functionality as the universal plug and play (UPnP) AV Architecture. The demarcation point between the service provider network (Telco, ISP) and the home network is the residential gateway.