The VHN network

We describe VHN, the versatile home network, an EIA standard (EIA/CEA-851) developed with broad industry input, that.defines a home intranet. VHN ties together other home LAN, such as Ethernet or IEEE 802.11a, allowing any device on a home network to communicate with any other device. The VHN architecture implements a whole-home backbone, using IEEE 1394b, a long distance version of IEEE 1394a (sometimes known as FireWire/sup TM/ or i.LINK/sup TM/). Local area networks, such as Ethernet or IEEE 1394a, connect to the backbone in each room, and IP is used to tie everything together.