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Burn-in system for multicast data transmission

US8427994B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 24, 2007
Grant dateApr 23, 2013
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Expiry dateOct 9, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L12/1868
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system for improving the reliability of transmission of multibroadcast data between a source of data and a plurality of customer receivers of the data via a telecommunications network. The system includes a supervision server adapted to provide each customer receiver with a list of at least one other receiver, said customer receiver being adapted to receive missing data from said the other customer receiver via a reliable peer-to-peer connection.

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