System, protocol and associated methods for wireless multimedia distribution
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1. A method comprising:
- transmitting informational content to one or more remote devices through a multicast communication channel over a wireless communication link; and
selectively retransmitting some subset of the informational content to a subset of the one or more remote devices through a unicast communication channel over the wireless communication link upon request.
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Abstract
A system, protocol and associated methods for wireless multimedia distribution are generally described herein.
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21 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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transmitting informational content to one or more remote devices through a multicast communication channel over a wireless communication link; and
selectively retransmitting some subset of the informational content to a subset of the one or more remote devices through a unicast communication channel over the wireless communication link upon request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A device comprising:
a reliable multicast agent (RMA), to transmit informational content to one or more remote devices through a multicast communication channel over a wireless communication link, and to selectively retransmit some subset of the informational content to a subset of the one or more remote devices through a unicast communication channel over the wireless communication link upon request. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system comprising:
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a reliable multicast agent (RMA), to transmit informational content to one or more remote devices through a multicast communication channel over a wireless communication link, and to selectively retransmit some subset of the informational content to a subset of the one or more remote devices through a unicast communication channel over the wireless communication link upon request; and
one or more substantially omnidirectional antenna(e), through which the RMA may establish the multicast communication channel and the unicast communication channel over the wireless communication link with the remote device(s). - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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