Patent ID: 9749253
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for transmitting data across a network according to a communication protocol, the method comprising: receiving, at a first node within the network and with a first data rate, a first stream of bits from a first device that includes repeating instances of a first N-bit sequence, N being a positive integer; extracting, at the first node, the first N-bit sequence from the first stream of bits; and transmitting a first data packet that includes fewer than the number of the repeating instances of the first N-bit sequence in the first stream from the first node to a second node within the network and with a second data rate that is lower than the first data rate and indicates that a communication link between the first node and the second node remains active, wherein the second node is coupled to a second device and is configured to transmit a second stream of bits to the second device that includes repeating instances of the first N-bit sequence.