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Multicast to unicast conversion technique

  • US 9,729,463 B2
  • Filed: 12/16/2016
  • Issued: 08/08/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, through a network, downlink traffic of a multicast packet stream with a plurality of stations addressed as recipients of the multicast packet stream;

    allocating to stations of the plurality of stations a share of network resources for use by the plurality of stations in accessing network services of the network;

    enqueuing a multicast packet in the multicast packet stream into a backpressure-controlled multicast queue;

    converting the multicast packet into a plurality of unicast packets for transmission to the stations of the plurality of stations;

    selectively dropping at least one unicast packet of the plurality of unicast packets according to an amount of the share of network resources consumed by the stations of the plurality of stations to maintain buffer fairness.

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