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Advancing the state of home networking

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Before building the network or its components, first understand the home and the behavior of its human inhabitants.

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cover image Communications of the ACM
Communications of the ACM  Volume 54, Issue 6
June 2011
134 pages
ISSN:0001-0782
EISSN:1557-7317
DOI:10.1145/1953122
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