【 Weak current College 】 what is a network appliance?

Network appliance is a common household appliances using digital technology, network technology and intelligent control technology for improved household appliances. Network home appliances can implement Internet form a network within the family, while the home network and can be connected to the external Internet.
Visible, network appliance technology includes two levels: the first is the issue of interconnection between the household appliance, also is to enable different appliances can recognize, between work together. The second level is the appliance network communication with the external network, so that the family of household appliance network truly become an extension of the external network.
To implement the interconnection of electrical appliances and information exchange, you need to be addressed: 1. describe the characteristics of electrical appliances product model, makes data exchange with a certain meaning; 2. the information transmission network media. In resolving network media this difficulty, there may be options: Powerline, wireless RF, twisted-pair cable, coaxial cable, infrared, and optical fiber.
Now that more viable network appliances including refrigerator, network, network, Internet, washing machine, air conditioning, water heater, network, network, network cooker microwave ovens, etc.
Network home appliances of the future direction is fully integrated into the home network.