Systems and methods for reducing latency and reservation request overhead in a communications network
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1. A method for managing transmission of data over a MoCA network, the method comprising:
- monitoring data transmission characteristics at a node on the network;
generating a plurality of statistics of the data transmission characteristics;
said statistics comprising at least one of average rate of ingress data into the node, average rate of the data transmission, standard deviation of ingress data into the node, standard deviation of data transmission at the node, average latency of ingress data into the node, average latency of the data transmission characteristics;
predicting transmission characteristics from the statistics; and
reserving, in view of the predicted transmission characteristics, transmission opportunities for data that has not yet arrived at the node.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for reducing reservation request overhead in a communications network in which devices are connected via a coax network are provided. A method for managing transmission of data over a MoCA network according to the invention may include monitoring data transmission requirements at a node on the network; generating statistics of the data transmission requirements; predicting transmission requirements from the statistics; and reserving future transmission opportunities in view of the predicted transmission requirements.
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1. A method for managing transmission of data over a MoCA network, the method comprising:
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monitoring data transmission characteristics at a node on the network; generating a plurality of statistics of the data transmission characteristics;
said statistics comprising at least one of average rate of ingress data into the node, average rate of the data transmission, standard deviation of ingress data into the node, standard deviation of data transmission at the node, average latency of ingress data into the node, average latency of the data transmission characteristics;predicting transmission characteristics from the statistics; and reserving, in view of the predicted transmission characteristics, transmission opportunities for data that has not yet arrived at the node. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for managing transmission of data over a MoCA network via a network controller, the method comprising:
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receiving a request to transmit data at future time, said data not received by a transmitting node; allocating a future time for transmission of data; and sending a permission to transmit data at the future time, wherein the network controller allocates a future time only if the aggregate rate of all of the nodes in the network does not exceed a threshold rate.
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11. A network over coaxial cable, the network comprising a node that is configurable to request a future data transmission opportunities wherein the node:
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monitors data transmission characteristics; generates statistics of the data transmission characteristics;
said statistics comprising at least one of average rate of ingress data into the node, average rate of the data transmission, standard deviation of ingress data into the node, standard deviation of data transmission at the node, average latency of ingress data into the node, average latency of the data transmission characteristics;predicts transmission characteristics from the statistics; and reserves future transmission opportunities in view of the predicted transmission characteristics. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for managing transmission of data over a MoCA network, the method reducing latency of data not received by a node, said method further for increasing throughput of a data protocol, said data protocol which requires acknowledgement from a receiving node, said method comprising:
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monitoring data transmission characteristics at a node on the network; generating statistics of the data transmission characteristics;
said statistics comprising at least one of average rate of ingress data into the node, average rate of the data transmission, standard deviation of ingress data into the node, standard deviation of data transmission at the node, average latency of ingress data into the node, average latency of the data transmission characteristics;predicting transmission characteristics from the statistics; and reserving future transmission opportunities in view of the predicted transmission characteristics.
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