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Method, apparatus and system for distributing multicast data

US7606227B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 2, 2004
Grant dateOct 20, 2009
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Expiry dateOct 27, 2026

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W80/04
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Packets of mobile communication protocol which a mobile terminal sends and receives are monitored and when it is detected that a mobile terminal to which a multicast data packet is transferred moved to another network, a multicast gateway apparatus connected to the moving destination network makes a group attend request and transfers the multicast data packet to the moved mobile terminal.

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