Patent ID: 8351368
Filing Date: 2013-01-08
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for of communicating multimedia data between nodes over coaxial cable, wherein the nodes are connected via a coaxial cable network, the method comprising: establishing a primary channel for communicating between first and second nodes of the coaxial cable network; establishing a secondary channel for communicating between the first and second nodes of the coaxial cable network; wherein the primary and secondary channels are in different frequency bands and wherein only the primary channel is used for communicating media access control information including beacons and MAP-frames; communicating a time series of data frames between the first and second nodes using both the primary channel and the secondary channel; adjusting the transmission power as a step towards optimizing determined transmission parameters used on the secondary channels; and concatenating of a power adjustment factor of the secondary channel to a power control factor of the primary channel, said concatenated sum of the power adjustment factor and the power control factor being transmitted on the primary channel.