Patent ID: 8811411

Claim:
A communication control system, the system comprising: a) a memory; b) a physical layer controller coupled to the memory, the physical layer controller capable of executing instructions, the instructions allowing the controller to: i) generate at least one Receive Descriptor; ii) receive service packets from a first network; iii) store the service packets in the memory based on the content of the Receive Descriptor; iv) define Packet Data Units, all of the Packet Data Units being the same length; v) generate Protocol Descriptors and associate each such Protocol Descriptor with one or more Packet Data Units; and vi) store each Protocol Descriptor in an entry in the memory; and c) a Network Central Processing Unit (CPU) capable of executing instructions, the instructions allowing the Network CPU to: i) read the Protocol Descriptors; and ii) if there are more than a minimum number of Protocol Descriptors stored in the memory, then generating a reservation request on a second network; wherein the service packets are received in accordance with a first protocol and the Packet Data Units are transmitted in accordance with a second protocol; wherein the first network is an Ethernet network and the second network is a MoCA network.