Patent ID: 9729917
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04N

Claim:
1. A method comprising: constructing a reservation request frame comprising a series of request elements at a first multimedia over coax alliance (MoCA) implementation, wherein each of the series of request elements comprises details of a transmission opportunity being requested, wherein the MoCA implementation comprises a single Receive (Rx) physical (Phy) module that is arranged to receive data via one of at least two Rx radio frequency (RF) modules, which are arranged to be in communication with a coaxial cable, wherein a first one of the Rx RF modules is configured to operate at a first frequency on a first channel (channel A), and a second one of the Rx RF modules is configured to operate at a second frequency on a second channel (channel B), the MoCA implementation further comprising at least two transmit (Tx) Phy modules respectively arranged to be in communication with two Tx RF modules, which are also arranged to be in communication with the coaxial cable; and transmitting the reservation request, wherein a bandwidth is reserved at least in part by a reservation request protocol information element (PIE), wherein transmitting the reservation request comprises: