Abstract: In a wireless network environment, a method of transmitting data from a source device to a set of sink devices, the method comprising the steps of: (a) initially the source device broadcasting packet data collectively to each of the sink devices; (b) the sink devices collecting packet data and identifying missing packets that have been missed; (c) upon a sink device detecting a missed a packet, the sink device separately requesting the transmission of the missed packet by the source device; and (d) the source device separately sending missed data packets.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 27, 2006
Date of Patent:
June 11, 2013
Assignee:
Altec Lansing Australia Pty Ltd
Inventors:
Tomasz Celinski, Peter Celinski, Stuart Bryce, Max Gordon Ramsay