Recently, there has been an increase in the development in technologies related to Home Networks due to the untapped research potential in the home environment. This surge of research in Home Networks has led to the invention of many, capable smart devices that can automate the functioning of homes. This transition from analog to digital has lead to a series of developments in framing a digital Home Network environment. A modern home contains many sophisticated devices and technologies. Accessing the various devices is a cumbersome procedure in which the home user has complicated user interfaces that have to be activated. The key element for success in Home Networks is the interoperability among the devices operating in the same environment. Interoperability is the ability to discover, configure and control the devices by running the protocols that can be understood by all the participating devices of the Home Network. The low-powered devices like PDAs, laptops are being extensively used for the home user applications. Ideally, all the devices that participate in the network must run the same standard protocols for device discovery, configurations, and control. However, there is no standard that has been accepted by the major industry players. This lack of unified standard has resulted in a large number of interoperabiliy standards that satisfy the requirements of a small, confined Home Network with known devices. There are many standards that are accepted by small number of industry players. HAVi is accepted as the standard by companies like Sony Corporation, Toshiba and so on. UPnP has been accepted by Microsoft and many other companies.

Please check the list of Courses that I took in my masters. In the Canadian system of education, unlike US, it is research based, not course based. We need to take 4 courses and one more course that runs for two terms. Thus, the course work component is of 12 credit hours and the research work component is 12 credit hours.