Abstract: A system and method for inter-packet channel encoding/decoding for recovering lost packets, while minimizing network latency and delay. The novel inter-packet channel encoding/decoding scheme described herein operates on a running-basis. This running-basis scheme advantageously allows for a large number of packet losses to be corrected at a receiving node.

Abstract: A method and apparatus provide for preserving hardware resources in connection with a display of complex scenes. Polygons which make up portions of the display can be culled prior to use of the hardware resources. An occlusion parameter for use in the culling operation can be determined in accordance with a monitoring of a plurality of tiles which constitute a display. In particular, a maximum depth value associated with a given tile can be utilized to indicate whether a subsequently received polygon or primitive would otherwise be occluded and should therefore be discarded or ignored rather than rasterized.