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METHOD AND DEVICE FOR LOW LATENCY GROUP-ADDRESSED STREAMING

  • US 20170244769A1
  • Filed: 02/23/2017
  • Published: 08/24/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for low latency group-addressed streaming in an IEEE 802.11 wireless network, executed by an access point device, comprising the steps of:

  • transmitting a data stream from the access point device to a plurality of wireless receiving stations as multicast traffic,wherein the data stream comprises beacon frames at beacon intervals;

    detecting that at least one of the wireless receiving stations is in power save mode or sleep mode; and

    upon said detecting;

    transmitting data packets of the data stream from the access point to the plurality of wireless receiving stations as multicast traffic as soon as the data packets are available for transmission and during a first beacon interval, andrepeating transmission of the data packets that were transmitted during the first beacon interval during a subsequent second beacon interval and after a beacon frame of the second beacon interval as multicast traffic.

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