Method And System For Providing Reduced Bandwidth Acquisition Latency

Abstract

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.

What is claimed is: 
     
         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 multimedia over cable alliance (MoCA) standard and a wireless network:
 communicating, over the wireless network, a first reservation request for wired network bandwidth; 
 communicating, over the wired network, a second redundant reservation request for bandwidth on the wired network; 
 receiving, via the wireless network, an allocation of wired network bandwidth based on which reservation request reaches a targeted network controller first; and 
 communicating, over only the wired network, using the received allocation of wired network bandwidth.