SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RETRANSMITTING PACKETS OVER A NETWORK OF COMMUNICATION CHANNELS
First Claim
1. A system for transmitting packets over a network of communication channels, the system comprising:
- first and second nodes in communication with a coax backbone; and
a network access coordinator operative to coordinate access of the nodes to coax backbone;
wherein, if in a time period at least one first packet is transmitted by the first node to the second node, but is not received by the second node, the second node is operative to send a retransmission request to the network access coordinator, the request requesting packet retransmission.
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Abstract
A system for transmitting packets over a network of communication channels, the system comprising a set of nodes comprising at least first and second nodes and a network access coordinator operative to coordinate the access of the set of nodes to a synchronous network of channels, wherein, if at least one individual packet has been transmitted from the first node to the second node which did not receive at least one packet, the second node is operative to send a retransmission request to the network access coordinator requesting retransmission of at least one individual packet.
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22 Claims
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1. A system for transmitting packets over a network of communication channels, the system comprising:
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first and second nodes in communication with a coax backbone; and a network access coordinator operative to coordinate access of the nodes to coax backbone; wherein, if in a time period at least one first packet is transmitted by the first node to the second node, but is not received by the second node, the second node is operative to send a retransmission request to the network access coordinator, the request requesting packet retransmission. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for transmitting packets over a network of communication channels, the system comprising:
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first, second and third nodes in communication with a coax backbone; a network access coordinator in communication with the coax backbone, the coordinator operative to; coordinate access of the nodes to the coax backbone; and provide a request slot in a Media Access Plan (MAP) cycle; wherein the first node is operative to utilize the slot to transmit to the coordinator; a first request to transmit a packet to the second node; and a second request that the third node retransmit a packet. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for transmitting packets over a coax backbone, the method comprising providing a plurality of slots in a Media Access Plan (MAP) cycle for packet transmission requests sent to a coordinator by a first node in communication with the coax backbone, the node being operative to utilize at least one of the slots to transmit to the coordinator both a reservation request and a retransmission request, the reservation request including a request to transmit a first packet to a second node and the retransmission request including a request that a third node retransmit a second packet previously unsuccessfully transmitted from said third node to said first node.
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22. A method for transmitting packets over a coax backbone of communication channels, the method comprising coordinating access of first and second nodes to a synchronous backbone of channels interconnecting the nodes, and receiving from the second node a retransmission request requesting retransmission of at least one individual packet if the packet was transmitted from the first node to the second node but not received by the second node.
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