Repeater Nodes in Shared Media Networks
AssigneeCisco Technology, Inc.
InventorsSandeep Jay Shetty, Shmuel Shaffer, Jean-Philippe Vasseur
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
In one embodiment, a repeater node in a shared media network may intercept a shared media transmission from a first node to a second node. Once a shared media transmission is intercepted, the repeater node may determine whether the second node returns an acknowledgement (ACK) to the first node. If the second node does not return an ACK to the first node, the repeater node repeats the shared media transmission to the second node. Also, according to one or more additional embodiments of the disclosure, when receiving an ACK at the repeater node from the second node in response to the repeated shared media transmission, the repeater node may also forward the ACK from the second node to the first node.
Claims22
A method, comprising:
- intercepting, at a repeater node in a shared media network, a shared media transmission from a first node to a second node;
- determining whether the second node returns an acknowledgement (ACK) in response to the shared media transmission to the first node;
- and
- in response to determining that the second node did not return an ACK to the first node, repeating the shared media transmission from the repeater node to the second node.
An apparatus, comprising:
- one or more shared media network interfaces adapted to communicate with a first node and second node in a shared media network;
- a processor coupled to the network interfaces and adapted to execute one or more processes;
- and
- a memory configured to store a process executable by the processor, the process when executed operable to:
- intercept a shared media transmission from a first node to a second node;
- determine whether the second node returns an acknowledgement (ACK) in response to the shared media transmission to the first node;
- and
- repeat the shared media transmission to the second node in response to a determination that the second node did not return an ACK to the first node.
A tangible, non-transitory, computer-readable media having software encoded thereon, the software when executed by a processor operable to:
- intercept a shared media transmission from a first node to a second node;
- determine whether the second node returns an acknowledgement (ACK) in response to the shared media transmission to the first node;
- and
- repeat the shared media transmission to the second node in response to a determination that the second node did not return an ACK to the first node.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.