MoCA Network Reservation Request Aggregation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current MoCA home networks experience high reservation request overhead, which linearly increases with the number of nodes, leading to increased access latency and reduced efficiency in data transmission.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a method that dynamically optimizes reservation requests by monitoring ingress traffic patterns, predicting future transmission needs, and aggregating data packets for transmission during designated future opportunities, thereby reducing media access latency and reservation request overhead.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional reservation request methods are used in MoCA networks, then each node can transmit data with guaranteed quality of service, but the reservation request overhead linearly increases with the number of nodes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple reservation requests into a single aggregated reservation request that represents multiple nodes' transmission needs. Instead of each node sending individual reservation requests, the system merges these requests and processes them collectively, reducing the total number of reservation requests from O(n) to O(1) where n is the number of nodes.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal reservation request mechanism that can represent and handle transmission requests from multiple different nodes simultaneously. A single reservation request structure is designed to accommodate aggregated data from multiple sources, making the reservation system multi-functional and applicable to various node combinations without requiring node-specific request formats.
2Measurement precision
If individual reservation requests are sent by each node, then transmission requirements can be accurately tracked, but access latency increases due to processing overhead
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple individual transmission requirement tracking operations into a single aggregated tracking process. By combining the reservation requests and processing them together, the system reduces the number of separate tracking operations while maintaining the ability to monitor and manage transmission requirements for all participating nodes through the aggregated request structure.
3Manufacturing precision
If reservation requests are processed for every node individually, then network control precision is maintained, but network efficiency decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the processing of multiple individual reservation requests into a single consolidated processing operation. The network controller receives and processes aggregated reservation requests that represent multiple nodes' needs, reducing the processing load from O(n) individual operations to O(1) consolidated operations while maintaining precise control over each node's allocated resources through the aggregated request structure.
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AI summary
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.