ADAPTIVE INTER-FRAME GAP REDUCTION IN MULTIMEDIA OVER COAX ALLIANCE (MOCA) NETWORKS

摘要

Systems and methods are provided for utilizing adaptive inter-frame gap reduction in Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA®) networks. A network node that is configured as network controller within a Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA®) network may receive communication timing related information associated with each of a plurality of network nodes in the MoCA network; assess based on the communication timing related information, communication timing for each pair of network nodes in the plurality of network nodes; and adaptively configure communications between each pair of network nodes in the plurality of network nodes based on the assessing. The configuring may comprise adjusting timing related parameters or fields in packets. The timing related parameters or fields may comprise inter-frame gap (IFG) fields in physical layer (PHY) packets. The communication timing related information may comprise ranging information or ranging-based timing information determined based on the ranging information.