Opportunistic transmissions within moca
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsJack Thomas Matheney, Jeffrey Scott Ford, Albert L. Garrett
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Abstract
Embodiments may be disclosed herein that provide systems, devices, and methods of operating a Multimedia over Coax (MoCA) network. One such embodiment is a method comprising: aggregating packets, including at least control packets and acknowledgement packets, with other packets.
Claims20
A method of operating a Multimedia over Coax (MoCA) network, comprising:
- aggregating packets, including at least control packets and acknowledgement packets, with other packets.
A method of operating a Multimedia over Coax (MoCA) network, comprising:
- aggregating MoCA control packets and small Ethernet PDU packets;
- and
- communicating a broadcast bit to indicate whether the network is operating in broadcast or unicast mode.
A system comprising:
- a first node on a MoCA network;
- a second node on a MoCA network;
- and
- a network controller in communication with the first node and the second node capable of aggregating packets, including at least control packets and acknowledgement packets, with other packets destined for either the first node or the second node.
The system of claim 17, wherein the network controller is selected by a network operator from a plurality of nodes on the MoCA network.
The system of claim 18, wherein the network controller aggregates packets without regard for packet priority.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.