Patent · US Active

Method and apparatus for reliably delivering multicast data

US8451762B2 · kind B2 · utility

34Cited by
4References
13Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateJun 27, 2006
Grant dateMay 28, 2013
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 2, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2001/0093
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method and apparatus are described including mapping a multicast connection to a unicast uniform resource identifier, establishing a state for a multicast-to-unicast conversion, allocating ports, receiving multicast addressed data packets and converting the multicast addressed data packets to unicast addressed data the packets.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.