Repeater nodes in shared media networks

摘要

In one embodiment, a repeater node in a shared media network may intercept a shared media transmission from a first node to a second node. Once a shared media transmission is intercepted, the repeater node may determine whether the second node returns an acknowledgement (ACK) to the first node. If the second node does not return an ACK to the first node, the repeater node repeats the shared media transmission to the second node. Also, according to one or more additional embodiments of the disclosure, when receiving an ACK at the repeater node from the second node in response to the repeated shared media transmission, the repeater node may also forward the ACK from the second node to the first node.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
intercepting, at a listening node in a shared media network, the shared media transmission from a first node to a second node, wherein the first and second nodes are transmitting nodes; determining, by the listening node, whether the second node returns an acknowledgement (ACK) in response to the shared media transmission from the first node; in response to determining, by the listening node, that the second node did not return an ACK to the first node:
inserting, by the listening node, itself into a transmission path of the shared media transmission, andrepeating, by the listening node, the shared media transmission from the listening node to the second node wherein this repeated shared media transmission is a first transmission of the shared media transmission from the listening node; receiving the ACK at the listening node from the second node in response to the repeated shared media transmission; and forwarding the ACK from the listening node to the first node,wherein the forwarded ACK is identical to the ACK received from the second node.