Method and apparatus for reliable multicast communication over wireless network
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1. A method comprising:
- determining a priority category for a multicast communication to be transmitted; and
designating, for the multicast communication, one of a plurality of multicast communication recipients as a leader to transmit to a multicast communication source an acknowledgment frame indicating receipt of a multicast communication frame received from the multicast communication source, wherein designating the leader is based on the priority category and multicast diagnostics information received from one or more of said multicast communication recipients.
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for reliable multicast communication over wireless network are provided. According to embodiments of the invention, the method includes determining a priority category for a multicast communication to be transmitted. The method includes designating, for the multicast communication, one of the multicast communication recipients as a leader based on the priority category and multicast diagnostics information received from the multicast communication recipients. The leader is assigned to transmit to the multicast communication source an acknowledgment frame indicating receipt of a multicast communication frame received from the source.
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24 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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determining a priority category for a multicast communication to be transmitted; and designating, for the multicast communication, one of a plurality of multicast communication recipients as a leader to transmit to a multicast communication source an acknowledgment frame indicating receipt of a multicast communication frame received from the multicast communication source, wherein designating the leader is based on the priority category and multicast diagnostics information received from one or more of said multicast communication recipients. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A communication device comprising:
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a transmitter to transmit a multicast communication to a plurality of multicast communication recipients; and a diagnostic unit to determine a priority category for the multicast communication and to designate one of the multicast communication recipients as a leader based on the priority category and multicast diagnostics information received from one or more of said multicast communication recipients, wherein the leader being designated to transmit an acknowledgment frame indicating receipt of a multicast communication frame received from the communication device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21)
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19. A wireless communication system comprising:
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at least one communication device having; a dipole antenna to transmit wireless communication signals; a transmitter to transmit a multicast communication to a plurality of multicast communication recipients; a diagnostic unit to determine a priority category for the multicast communication and to designate one of the multicast communication recipients as a leader based on the priority category and multicast diagnostics information received from one or more of said multicast communication recipients, wherein the leader being designated to transmit an acknowledgment frame indicating receipt of a multicast communication frame received from the communication device.
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22. An article comprising a machine-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a processor, result in:
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determining a priority category for a multicast communication to be transmitted; and designating, for the multicast communication, one of a plurality of multicast communication recipients as a leader to transmit to a multicast communication source an acknowledgment frame indicating receipt of a multicast communication frame received from the multicast communication source, wherein designating the leader is based on the priority category and multicast diagnostics information received from one or more of said multicast communication recipients. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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