| dc.description.abstract | The deployment of advanced home networking technologies connect a variety of modern networked and multimedia devices, e.g., desktops, mobile phones and game consoles, in a residential area, providing a playground for new home applications and services. Since home multimedia entertainment is one of important home applications, this paper presents a home media content sharing scenario in which networked devices can discover neighboring devices and share enormous Internet media content in a convenient, networked manner. This ideal scenario differs from the traditional cases which merely offer local media content and require tedious manual operations of connection setup and file transfer. To achieve this goal, this study proposes a novel home multimedia content distribution rchitecture for home network environments. The proposed architecture integrates several specific mechanisms,including device discovery, home gateway,Internet media provision, and in-home media content delivery.This design addresses several inherent limitations of device heterogeneity and network interoperability in home and public networks, and allow networked devices to play media content in an identical,networked way. This study develops a proof-of-concept software prototype,integrating BitTorrent peer-to-peer client, UPnP protocol stack, UPnP AV media server, and media distribution and management components on the OSGi home gateway platform. Practical demonstration shows the proposed design and scenarios, achieving not only better user experience but also an unlimited volume of media content for home multimedia entertainment.
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