EFFICIENT COMMUNICATION FOR DEVICES OF A HOME NETWORK

• Main Authors: GUJJARU SUNNY P, NEELEY MATTHEW G, ERICKSON GRANT M, BOROSS CHRISTOPHER A, HARDISON OSBORNE B, LOGUE JAY D, SCHULTZ RICHARD J, SMITH ZACHARY B
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Korean
• Published: 14.04.2017
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS

홈 환경 또는 유사한 환경에서 디바이스들의 패브릭 네트워크를 통해 효율적으로 통신하기 위한 시스템들 및 방법들이 제공된다. 예컨대, 전자 디바이스는 전력 관심 및 신뢰성 관심에 대해 균형을 유지하기 위하여 통신을 효율적으로 제어할 수 있고, EULA(Extended Unique Local Address)을 사용하는 IPv6(Internet Protocol version 6) 패킷 헤더들을 분석함으로써 특정 선호 네트워크들에 메시지들을 효율적으로 통신할 수 있으며, 패브릭 네트워크 전반에 걸쳐 소프트웨어 업데이트들 및 상태 보고들을 효율적으로 통신할 수 있으며 그리고/또는 패브릭 네트워크에 용이하고 효율적으로 참가할 수 있다. Inter alia, an electronic device is disclosed. The electronic device comprises a storage element configured to store instructions to operate at least a portion of a network stack; a processor configured to execute the instructions to operate at least the portion of the network stack; and a network interface configured to communicate a message to a target device based on at least the portion of the network stack. Therein, the network stack comprises: an application layer configured to provide an application payload comprising data to be transmitted in the message; a transport layer configured to selectively transport the message using either a User Datagram Protocol (UDP) or a Transmission Control Protocol (TCP); and a network layer. The network layer is configured to communicate the message via: an 802.11 wireless network; an 802.15.4 wireless network; a powerline network; a cellular network; an Ethernet network; a low-power wireless network; or any combination thereof. The processor is configured to determine whether to transport the message using TCP or UDP based on: the type of network over which the message is to be sent, a distance over which the message may travel to reach its destination, an amount of available power of the electronic device, or any combination thereof.