Method of providing multicast service and server employing the method
First Claim
1. A server comprising:
- a transceiver transceiving data with a plurality of clients; and
a control unit converting a unicast format in which a service is requested into a multicast format and providing the service to all of the clients that requested the service, when unicast service request signals for the service are received from at least two of the clients.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a method of providing multicast service and a server employing the method. The server employing the method of providing the multicast service comprises a transceiver and a control unit. The transceiver transceives data from a plural number of clients. The control unit converts the format in which a particular service is requested into a multicast format and provides the service to all the clients that requested the service, when unicast service request signals with respect to the particular service are received from the clients. According to such multicast service providing method and the server employing the method thereof, the service can be provided regardless of a limited bandwidth of the server, even when the requests concurrently made by the clients exceed the service limit.
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8 Claims
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1. A server comprising:
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a transceiver transceiving data with a plurality of clients; and
a control unit converting a unicast format in which a service is requested into a multicast format and providing the service to all of the clients that requested the service, when unicast service request signals for the service are received from at least two of the clients. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method of providing multicast service to a plurality of clients, comprising:
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receiving a unicast service request signal for a particular service from at least one of the clients;
converting a unicast format in which the particular service is requested into a multicast format; and
providing the particular service to each client from which the unicast service request signal was received. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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