Patent ID: 9641456
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving from a first node a persistent reservation request for allocation of network resources for transmission, by the first node via a first networking specification, of data frames not yet received by the first node from a second node via a second networking specification that differs from the first networking specification, wherein the persistent reservation request is for transmission of a first data frame in a first media access plan (“MAP”) cycle and for transmission of a second data frame in a second MAP cycle, each of said first data frame and said second data frame that has not yet been received by the first node, each of the first data frame and the second data frame being addressed via the second networking specification to a third node, the persistent reservation request having been generated responsive to a reservation message received by the first node from the second node via the second networking specification, characteristics of the persistent reservation request and the first and second data frames for transmission being indicated by the first networking specification, characteristics of the data frames not yet received by the first node indicated by the second networking specification, and the first node being in communication with a first network that corresponds to the first networking specification and a second network that corresponds to the second networking specification; and establishing a latency-reducing data flow comprising the first data frame and the second data frame, said establishing being based, as least in part, on the persistent reservation request, wherein the latency-reducing data flow is initiated prior to both the first data frame and the second data frame being received by the first node.