Method and apparatus to facilitate multicast transmissions using a shared infrastructure-supplied source
OwnerCynthia Jung, Jheroen Dorenboschinventors
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Abstract
A process (100) may be implemented subsequent to facilitating (101), for a first end user, a transmission of at least one data packet for a first multicast transmission using an infrastructure-supplied source address. This process can generally comprise using (104) that infrastructure-supplied source address to facilitate transmission of at least one data packet for a second end user for a second multicast transmission.
Claims20
A method comprising, subsequent to facilitating for a first end user a transmission of at least one data packet for a first multicast transmission using an infrastructure-supplied source address:
- using the infrastructure-supplied source address to facilitate transmission of at least one data packet for a second end user for a second multicast transmission.
An apparatus comprising:
- a memory having stored therein an infrastructure-supplied source address that is common to a plurality of end users;
- a data packet-based multicast communication transmission facilitator operably coupled to the memory and being arranged and configured to use the infrastructure-supplied source address as a source address for corresponding uplink multicast data packets.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.