Method and apparatus for reliably delivering multicast data
US8451762B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 27, 2006 |
| Grant date | May 28, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 2, 2028 |
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- 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.
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