Patent ID: 7873699
Filing Date: 2011-01-18
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04N,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A network control system, comprising: a network defined by a predetermined control protocol; at least one home appliance connected to the network; and a network manager connected to the network and configured to determine home codes for classifying respective homes, wherein the network manager controls the home appliance and monitors the state of the home appliance, wherein the predetermined control protocol is composed of an application layer, a data link layer, and a physical layer, wherein the network manager and the home appliance communicate with one another in the unit of a single packet according to the predetermined control protocol, wherein when data communicated over the network is larger than the single packet, the application layer of the control protocol divides the data into single packet increments, each single packet increment is transferred to the data link layer, and a header region is added to the single packet in the data link layer; wherein the packet comprises: wherein the packet header field comprises: