Packet distribution apparatus and packet distribution method
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsYasuo Ohya, Yasumichi Hashi
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a packet distribution apparatus distributes packets each containing a digital content via a communication network. The packet distribution apparatus includes a generator, a packet transmitter, a detector and a swapper. The generator generates the packets for each session with a bit rate corresponding to a content to be distributed. The packet transmitter transmits the generated packets to the communication network. The detector detects a collision of transmission timings of the packets in the sessions. The swapper exchanges, upon detecting a collision of the transmission timings, a transmission order of packets associated with the collision of the transmission timings based on the bit rates.
Claims12
A packet distribution apparatus configured to distribute packets comprising a digital content via a communication network, comprising:
- a generator configured to generate the packets for each session with a bit rate corresponding to a content to be distributed;
- a packet transmitter configured to transmit the generated packets to the communication network;
- a detector configured to detect a collision of transmission timings of the packets in the sessions;
- and
- a swapper configured to exchange, upon detecting the collision of the transmission timings, a transmission order of packets associated with the collision of the transmission timings based on the bit rates.
A packet distribution method for a distribution apparatus configured to distribute packets each comprising a digital content via a communication network, comprising:
- generating the packets for each session with a bit rate corresponding to a content to be distributed;
- transmitting the generated packets to the communication network;
- detecting a collision of transmission timings of the packets in the sessions;
- and
- changing, upon detecting the collision of the transmission timings, a transmission order of packets associated with the collision of the transmission timings based on the bit rates,
- wherein at least one of the steps is carried out by the distribution apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.