Wireless multicast proxy

A method comprising:

• receiving a first packet of data, wherein the first packet has an Internet Protocol (IP) multicast destination address;
• identifying one or more wireless clients based on the IP multicast destination address and unicast media access control (MAC) addresses of the one or more wireless clients;
• generating one or more second packets of the data, wherein each of the second packets has one of the unicast MAC addresses as a MAC destination address;
• and
• wirelessly transmitting the one or more second packets of the data.

A computer program executable on a processor, the computer program comprising:

• instructions for identifying one or more wireless clients based on unicast media access control (MAC) addresses of the one or more wireless clients and an Internet Protocol (IP) multicast destination address in a first packet;
• instructions for generating one or more second packets of the data, wherein each of the second packets has one of the unicast MAC addresses as a MAC destination address;
• and
• instructions for causing wireless transmission of the one or more second packets of the data.

An apparatus comprising:

• a wireless input circuit adapted to wirelessly receive a packet of data, wherein the packet has an Internet Protocol (IP) multicast address as an IP destination address and a unicast media access control (MAC) address of the apparatus as a MAC destination address;
• an address conversion circuit adapted to generate a multicast MAC address based on the IP multicast destination address;
• an address replacement circuit adapted to replace the MAC destination address of the packet with the multicast MAC address;
• and
• an output circuit adapted to transmit the packet of data.

A method comprising:

• wirelessly receiving a packet of data into an apparatus, wherein the packet has an Internet Protocol (IP) multicast address as an IP destination address and a unicast media access control (MAC) address of the apparatus as a MAC destination address;
• generating a multicast MAC address based on the IP multicast destination address;
• replacing the MAC destination address of the packet with the multicast MAC address;
• and
• transmitting the packet of data from the apparatus.

A computer program executable on a processor, the computer program comprising:

• instructions for generating a multicast MAC address based on an Internet Protocol (IP) multicast destination address, wherein an apparatus receives a packet of data, wherein the packet has the IP multicast address as an IP destination address and a unicast media access control (MAC) address of the apparatus as a MAC destination address;
• instructions for replacing the MAC destination address of the packet with the multicast MAC address;
• and
• instructions for causing transmission of the packet of data from the apparatus.

A wireless packet comprising:

• a header comprising
• an Internet Protocol (IP) destination address comprising an IP multicast address, and
• a Media Access Control (MAC) destination address comprising a MAC unicast address;
• and
• a payload.