| US 7,463,647 B2 | ||
| Method of and apparatus for providing reserved bandwidth to ethernet devices over switched ethernet including a home network wall plate having a combined IEEE 1394 and ethernet modified hub | ||
| Glen David Stone, Los Gatos, Calif. (US); Scott David Smyers, San Jose, Calif. (US); Bruce Alan Fairman, Woodside, Calif. (US); and Mark Kenneth Eyer, Woodinville, Wash. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Sony Corporation, Tokyo (Japan); and Sony Electronics Inc., Park Ridge, N.J. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jan. 22, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/349,805. | ||
| Application 10/349805 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/082637, filed on Feb. 22, 2002. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/271858, filed on Feb. 26, 2001. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2003/0133476 A1, Jul. 17, 2003 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04J 3/16 (2006.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 370—465 [370/395.5; 709/230] | 45 Claims |
| 1. A method of transmitting data within a network including one or more devices of a first type operating according to a first
protocol and a second protocol and one or more devices of a second type operating according to only the second protocol comprising:
a. establishing a periodic cycle including a first portion and a second portion;
b. allowing only transmissions from the one or more devices of the first type according to the first protocol and transmissions
from the one or more devices of the second type according to the second protocol during the first portion; and
c. allowing transmissions from the one or more devices of the first type according to the second protocol during the second
portion;
wherein a duration of the first portion is dependent on a number of active streams of the first protocol and a number of the
one or more devices of the second type within the network.
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