Communication networks including multi-purpose shared communication mediums, and associated methods
AssigneeCable Television Laboratories, Inc.
InventorBelal HAMZEH
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Abstract
A method for transmitting data in a communication network including a shared communication medium includes (a) transmitting local data between a first client node and a second client node according to a first data protocol, using a first shared communication medium, and (b) transmitting remote data between the first client node and a network hub according to a second data protocol different from the first data protocol, using at least the first shared communication medium.
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A method for transmitting data in a communication network including a shared communication medium, comprising:
- transmitting local data between a first client node and a second client node according to a first data protocol, using a first shared communication medium;
- and
- transmitting remote data between the first client node and a network hub according to a second data protocol different from the first data protocol, using at least the first shared communication medium.
The method of claim 6, further comprising instantiating the wireless communication network control module in customer premises equipment at the second client node.
A method for transmitting data in a communication network including a shared communication medium, comprising:
- generating, at a first client node connected to a first shared communication medium, a list of other client nodes accessible to the first client node via the first shared communication medium;
- identifying, at the first client node, a selected client node from the list of other client nodes, where the selected client node offers a first network resource required at the first client node;
- accessing, at the first client node, the first network resource from the selected client node using the first shared communication medium;
- and
- accessing, at the first client node, a second network resource via a network hub remote from the first client node, using the first shared communication medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.