Multicast communication method and apparatus
US6775279B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 16, 2002 |
| Grant date | Aug 10, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 18, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L12/1822
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
On the basis of a state of multicast packets which are transmitted among a plurality of terminals connected via a network, a terminal, which determines a receive order for maintaining an identical order of multicast packets to be received by the plurality of terminals, is selected. Upon transmitting a multicast packet from one of the plurality of terminals, the receive order informed from the selected terminal is appended to that multicast packet.
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