Distributing communication of a data stream among multiple devices

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable instructions that, when executed, cause a processor of first equipment to perform operations, comprising:

• receiving a query from second equipment different from the first equipment, wherein the query is associated with joining, by the first equipment, a group of equipment in a stream splitting session to distribute communication of a data stream;
• based on a response from the first equipment to the query, obtaining a group code and a group size from the second equipment, wherein the group code identifies the group of equipment in the stream splitting session, and wherein the group size specifies a number of equipment included in the group of equipment;
• initiating transmission of a request comprising the group code and the group size to a distribution system to establish a data connection to join the stream splitting session, wherein the distribution system is different from the first equipment and the second equipment;
• in response to the request, receiving a first portion of the data stream from the distribution system;
• forwarding, to the second equipment, the first portion, via the data connection, from the distribution system, wherein, based on the forwarding, the second equipment aggregates the first portion with a second portion of the data stream at the second equipment;
• initiating transmission to the second equipment of the response to the query;
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• in response to the query, establishing a communication link with the second equipment, wherein the group code and the group size are to be received from the second equipment via the communication link, and wherein the first portion of the data stream is to be forwarded to the second equipment via the communication link, wherein the request is to be transmitted to the distribution system via another network other than a network comprising the communication link, and wherein the first portion of the data stream is to be received from the distribution system via the other network.

A method, comprising:

• receiving, by first equipment comprising a processor, a query from second equipment different from the first equipment regarding inclusion, by the first equipment, in a group of equipment in a stream splitting session to distribute communication of a data stream;
• based on a response from the first equipment to the query, obtaining, by the first equipment, a group code and a group size from the second equipment, the group code to identify the group of equipment in a stream splitting session, wherein the group size specifies a number of equipment included in the group of equipment;
• initiating, by the first equipment, transmission of a request comprising the group code and the group size to distribution equipment to establish a data connection to join the stream splitting session, wherein the distribution equipment comprises equipment different from the first equipment and the second equipment;
• facilitating, by the first equipment, aggregation, by the second equipment, of a first portion of the data stream received, via the data connection, by the first equipment, with a second portion of the data stream received by the second equipment;
• initiating, by the first equipment, transmission of the response to the query from the second equipment;
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• establishing, by the first equipment, a communication link with the second equipment in response to the query, wherein the group code and the group size are received from the second equipment via the communication link, and wherein, to facilitate the aggregation, the first portion of the data stream is communicated to the second equipment via the communication link, wherein a first network enabling the communication link is different than a second network via which the request is to be transmitted to the distribution equipment, and wherein the first portion of the data stream is to be received from the distribution equipment via the second network.