Short packet communication in a powerline communication network
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsSrinivas Katar, Arun Avudainayagam, James Gerard Zyren
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Abstract
A network device may transmit a short packet when the length of application data that will be transmitted does not exceed a threshold length. In some embodiments, the network device may transmit the application data in a frame control field of the short packet. The short packet may not include a payload field. In other embodiments, the network device may support multiple short payload field lengths and may transmit the application data in a short payload field with an appropriate short payload field length. The network device may also support communication techniques to transmit the application data in the short packet.
Claims50
A method for transmitting packets, comprising:
- determining to transmit application data from a first network device to a second network device of a communication network;
- determining whether a length of the application data exceeds a first threshold length;
- and
- transmitting the application data from the first network device to the second network device in a frame control field of a short packet when the length of the application data does not exceed the first threshold length.
A method for transmitting packets, comprising:
- determining to transmit application data from a first network device to a second network device of a communication network;
- comparing a length of the application data with a plurality of payload field lengths;
- and
- selecting a first payload field length from the plurality of payload field lengths to transmit the application data in a payload field of a short packet based, at least in part, on comparing the length of the application data with the plurality of payload field lengths.
A first network device comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory to store instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the first network device to:
- determine to transmit application data to a second network device of a communication network;
- determine whether a length of the application data exceeds a threshold length;
- and
- transmit the application data to the second network device in a frame control field of a short packet when the length of the application data does not exceed the threshold length.
A first network device comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory to store instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the first network device to:
- determine to transmit application data to a second network device of a communication network;
- compare a length of the application data with a plurality of payload field lengths;
- and
- select a first payload field length from the plurality of payload field lengths to transmit the application data in a payload field of a short packet based, at least in part, on the comparison of the length of the application data with the plurality of payload field lengths.
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having machine executable instructions stored therein, the machine executable instructions comprising instructions to:
- determine to transmit application data from a first network device to a second network device of a communication network;
- determine whether a length of the application data exceeds a threshold length;
- and
- transmit the application data from the first network device to the second network device in a frame control field of a short packet when the length of the application data does not exceed the threshold length.
A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having machine executable instructions stored therein, the machine executable instructions comprising instructions to:
- determine to transmit application data from a first network device to a second network device of a communication network;
- compare a length of the application data with a plurality of payload field lengths;
- and
- select a first payload field length from the plurality of payload field lengths to transmit the application data in a payload field of a short packet based, at least in part, on the comparison of the length of the application data with the plurality of payload field lengths.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.