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US 2010/0142540 A1Published application
Efficient data transmission 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: dedicating a portion of a MAP cycle prior to a MAP packet to reservation requests and small data packets; and dedicating a portion of the MAP cycle after the MAP packet to data traffic.
Claims20
A method of operating a Multimedia over Coax (MoCA) network, comprising:
- dedicating a portion of a MAP cycle prior to a MAP packet to reservation requests and small data packets;
- and
- dedicating a portion of the MAP cycle after the MAP packet to data traffic.
A method of operating a MoCA network, comprising:
- establishing a scheduled CSMA period in each MAP cycle;
- and
- transmitting a reservation request from a plurality of nodes during the scheduled CSMA period.
A MoCA network, comprising:
- a plurality of nodes;
- a processor storing logic capable of:
- dedicating a portion of a MAP cycle prior to a MAP packet to reservation requests and small data packets;
- and
- dedicating a portion of the MAP cycle after the MAP packet to data traffic.
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