Method and system for providing reduced bandwidth acquisition latency

摘要

Methods and systems for providing reduced bandwidth acquisition latency may comprise communicating a reservation request for bandwidth allocation for devices operating under a wired network protocol, where the reservation request may be sent by wired network devices via a wireless network protocol over a wireless network. Bandwidth may be allocated in the wired network for the requesting devices by a network controller. Data may be communicated with the requesting devices via the wired network. The wired network communication protocol may comprise a multimedia over cable alliance (MoCA) standard. The wireless protocol may comprise an IEEE 802.11x standard, a Bluetooth standard, and/or any non-public network protocol. The communication of the reservation request via the wireless protocol may decrease a latency of the wired network. A medium access plan (MAP) may be generated by the network controller based on the reservation request and may comprise a bandwidth allocation for the requesting devices.

主权项

1. A method for multimedia communication, the method comprising:
in a multi-protocol premises-based communication network comprising a wired network operating in accordance with a wired network communication protocol comprising a multimedia over cable alliance (MoCA) standard and a wireless network operating in accordance with a wireless network communication protocol comprising an IEEE 802.11x standard that comprises one or more of 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n, and 802.11ac:
communicating, over the wireless network operating in accordance with said IEEE 802.11x standard, a reservation request for wired network bandwidth;communicating over the wired network operating in accordance with said MoCA standard, a second reservation request for bandwidth on the wired network, where the reservation request and the second reservation request are redundant and wherein said communicating a reservation request over the wireless network decreases a latency of being allocated bandwidth on said wired network relative to a reservation request for bandwidth communicated over the wired network;receiving, via the wireless network, an allocation of wired network bandwidth; andcommunicating, over only the wired network, using the received allocation of wired network bandwidth.