METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRE-ADMISSION MESSAGING IN A MoCA NETWORK

Abstract

Systems and methods for admitting new nodes into an existing network, for example a MoCA network. As a non-limiting example, various aspects of the present disclosure provide systems and methods for adding a new node to an existing network without requiring on-site manual configuration, for example utilizing communication between the new node and a network coordinator of the existing network prior to admission of the new node to the existing network.

1 . A network comprising:
 a first network node; and   a network coordinator node, wherein:   the first network node comprises at least one circuit operable to, at least:
 receive a first beacon from a network coordinator node, the first beacon comprising first timing information that indicates when a first discovery request message may be transmitted and first duration information that indicates a first scheduled duration for transmission of the first discovery request message; and 
 analyze the first duration information to determine whether the first scheduled duration is long enough for transmitting a pre-admission discovery request message. 
   
     
     
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