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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2013
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Albert L. Garrett, Gadsden, AL (US);
Jeffrey Scott Ford, Madison, AL (US);
Jack Thomas Matheney, Madison, AL (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/413 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/02 (2013.01); H04L 12/2861 (2013.01); H04L 12/413 (2013.01); H04L 63/10 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2151 (2013.01); H04L 63/104 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments may be disclosed herein that provide systems, devices, and methods of operating a Multimedia over Coax (MoCA) network. One such embodiment is a method comprising: designating a selected MoCA device as a network controller; and logically partitioning, into virtual MoCA networks, a predetermined bandwidth reserved for the MoCA network by sending, from the network controller one or more beacons containing virtual network information.