RESPONSE TIME FOR A GATEWAY CONNECTING A LOWER BANDWIDTH NETWORK WITH A HIGHER SPEED NETWORK
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1. A method for operating a network, the method comprising:
- connecting nodes in a home area network;
providing access to the nodes in the home area network via a gateway that connects the home area network to at least one outside local area network (LAN);
predicting whether a message to a node in the home area network from a client in the at least one LAN will be a fast delivery message or a slow delivery message; and
delivering the slow-delivery message to the node in the home area network only when there are no fast delivery messages awaiting delivery.
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Abstract
Networks with a plurality of independent nodes are useful when the nodes can communicate with one another and with nodes and resources outside the network. The present disclosure addresses ways to encapsulate packets as they move from a sender to a receiver, and also addresses ways for speeding up messages between nodes by orderly queuing and processing of messages. The present disclosure also includes techniques for mapping nodes in a home area network to IP addresses in a local area network.
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1. A method for operating a network, the method comprising:
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connecting nodes in a home area network; providing access to the nodes in the home area network via a gateway that connects the home area network to at least one outside local area network (LAN); predicting whether a message to a node in the home area network from a client in the at least one LAN will be a fast delivery message or a slow delivery message; and delivering the slow-delivery message to the node in the home area network only when there are no fast delivery messages awaiting delivery. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for operating a network, the method comprising:
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connecting nodes via a gateway in a home area network; providing access to the nodes in the home area network via the gateway, the gateway also connecting the home area network to at least one outside local area network (LAN); predicting whether a message to a node in the home area network from a client in the at least one LAN will be a fast delivery message or a slow delivery message; and delivering the delivery message to the node in the home area network. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system, comprising:
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a home area network with a plurality of nodes; and a gateway for the home area network, the gateway connecting the plurality of nodes and in contact with each of the plurality of nodes, the gateway designed for connecting to one or more local area networks (LANs), wherein the home area network has a lower bandwidth than the one or more LANs, and wherein the gateway is adapted for predicting whether a message from a client in the one or more LANs to a node in the home area network will be a fast delivery message or a slow delivery message and for delivering the fast delivery message to the node in the home area network before delivering the slow-delivery message to the node in the home area network. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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