Abstract: An encoding apparatus for encoding video data captured by a plurality of imaging units by a predetermined data unit, includes an encoding unit configured to refer to a first data unit included in video data captured by a first imaging unit to encode a second data unit included in the video data captured by the first imaging unit, and refer to a third data unit included in video data captured by a second imaging unit to encode a fourth data unit included in the video data captured by the first imaging unit.

Abstract: Provided is a generating apparatus generating error-correcting code for data packet including: a first determining unit configured to determine a redundancy range for the error-correcting code; a second determining unit configured to determine a combination of a plurality of interleaving lengths indicating an interval of a plurality of data packets for which the error-correcting code is generated; and a generating unit configured to generate the error-correcting code for the data packet, based on a combination of the plurality of interleaving lengths determined by the second determining unit, wherein the second determining unit determines the combination of the plurality of interleaving lengths, such that a total redundancy of the error-correcting codes for the data packets corresponding to the combination of the plurality of interleaving lengths falls within a range of redundancy determined by the first determining unit.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus connected to another imaging apparatus and a reception apparatus via a network. A reception section receives a transmission request requesting transmission of first video data photographed by the imaging apparatus to the reception apparatus, from the reception apparatus. A determination section determines, based on processing load on the imaging apparatus, a distribution capacity of the imaging apparatus, or conditions of the network, whether or not the imaging apparatus is to execute transmission processing for transmitting the first video data to the reception apparatus. An acquisition section acquires, in a case where the determination section has determined that the imaging apparatus is not to execute the transmission processing, a transmission destination to which a request for acquiring second video data photographed by said another imaging apparatus is to be transmitted.

Abstract: A reception apparatus includes a plurality of reception units each corresponding to a communication path among a plurality of communication paths, and a generation unit configured to, in a case where the plurality of reception units receives a first data unit and a second data unit, generate the first data unit at a first time corresponding to a time at which the plurality of reception units has completed reception of data forming the first data unit, and generate the second data unit at a second time corresponding to a time at which the plurality of reception units has completed reception of data forming the second data unit.

Abstract: Reduction of the processing cost of reconstructing data at a receiving apparatus in multipath transmission is aimed at. A transmitting apparatus for transmitting data using a plurality of communication paths includes a determination unit configured to determine whether to cause a communication path for transmitting a first data unit and a communication path for transmitting a second data unit to be different, or to transmit a third data unit including the first data unit and the second data unit through one communication path among the plurality of communication paths, and a transmitting unit configured to transmit data included in the third data unit through a communication path determined by the determination unit.

Abstract: An encoding apparatus for encoding video data captured by a plurality of imaging units by a predetermined data unit, includes an encoding unit configured to refer to a first data unit included in video data captured by a first imaging unit to encode a second data unit included in the video data captured by the first imaging unit, and refer to a third data unit included in video data captured by a second imaging unit to encode a fourth data unit included in the video data captured by the first imaging unit.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus connected to another imaging apparatus and a reception apparatus via a network. A reception section receives a transmission request requesting transmission of first video data photographed by the imaging apparatus to the reception apparatus, from the reception apparatus. A determination section determines, based on processing load on the imaging apparatus, a distribution capacity of the imaging apparatus, or conditions of the network, whether or not the imaging apparatus is to execute transmission processing for transmitting the first video data to the reception apparatus. An acquisition section acquires, in a case where the determination section has determined that the imaging apparatus is not to execute the transmission processing, a transmission destination to which a request for acquiring second video data photographed by said another imaging apparatus is to be transmitted.

Abstract: A transmission apparatus includes a transmission unit configured to transmit content data, a receiving unit configured to receive a type of content data from a receiving apparatus, a load determination unit configured to determine a load for processing content data of the type received from the receiving apparatus according to a data amount transmitted from the transmission unit for the content data of the type received from the receiving apparatus, and a transmission determination unit configured to determine whether to transmit the content data of the type received from the receiving apparatus to the receiving apparatus based on the load determined by the load determination unit regarding the content data of the type received from the receiving apparatus.

Abstract: A receiving apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives a plurality of packets of content data from a transmitting apparatus and also receives, from the transmitting apparatus, recovery data for each group including a plurality of packets that belong to the plurality of packets of content data and that are a predetermined number of packets apart from each other in position in transmission order so that when a packet in the group is not correctly received (not-correctly-received packet), the recovery data is used to recover the not-correctly-received packet; and a determination unit that determines, before the recovery data is received, whether packets have been correctly received that are necessary to recover the not-correctly-received packet by using correctly received packets of content data and the recovery data in a case where the recovery data is correctly received.