Device, system and method of multicast/broadcast communication

Details Device, system and method of multicast/broadcast communication Device, system and method of multicast/broadcast communication

2011-01-04

2011-01-04

Harper, Vincent P (Department: 2617)

Multiplex communications

Pathfinding or routing

Switching a message which includes an address header

C370S312000, C370S394000, C370S432000, C370S338000, C370S333000, C370S352000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07864768

ABSTRACT:
An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising a transmitter to transmit, in response to an incoming multicast communication frame received from a multicast communication source, a multicast acknowledgment frame indicating receipt of the incoming multicast communication frame, wherein the apparatus is randomly designated by the multicast communication source as a representative multicast communication recipient. In an embodiment of the present invention the representative multicast communication recipient may be chosen from a subset of connected stations.

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