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US 7,583,700 B1Granted
Service interface for QoS-driven HPNA networks
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
InventorWei Lin
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AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P.
InventorWei Lin
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An in-band signaling model media control (MC) terminal for an HPNA network includes a frame classification entity (FCE) and a frame scheduling entity (FSE) and provides end-to-end Quality of Service (QoS) by passing the QoS requirements from higher layers to the lower layers of the HPNA network. The FCE is located at an LLC sublayer of the MC terminal, and receives a data frame from a higher layer of the MC terminal that is part of a QoS stream. The FCE classifies the received data frame for a MAC sublayer of the MC terminal based on QoS information contained in the received data frame, and associates the classified data frame with a QoS stream queue corresponding to a classification of the data frame. The FSE is located at the MAC sublayer of the MC terminal, and schedules transmission of the data frame to a destination for the data frame based on a QoS requirement associated with the QoS stream.
A method for use at a frame classification entity in a network, said frame classification entity located at a logical link control (LLC) layer of the network, said method comprising:
A method for use at a frame scheduling entity for scheduling transmission of a plurality of data frames in a network, said frame scheduling entity located at a media access control (MAC) layer of the network, said method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.