Method and apparatus for transmitting media content

A device comprising:

• a memory to store executable instructions;
• and
• a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, wherein the executable instructions, responsive to being executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations comprising:
• receiving video content comprising a plurality of data frames;
• for a data frame of the plurality of data frames:
• dividing the data frame into a plurality of data segments;
• and
• appending a plurality of copies of the plurality of data segments to the plurality of data frames in a data stream to generate a plurality of redundancy-enhanced data frames, which provide redundancy for the data frame within the plurality of data frames in the data stream, wherein the plurality of copies is distributed across the plurality of data frames to provide the redundancy over a switching protection interval associated with a network path;
• and
• transmitting the data stream comprising the plurality of redundancy-enhanced data frames to a multimedia receiver via the network path.

A machine-readable storage device comprising executable instructions which, responsive to being executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations comprising:

• for a data frame of a plurality of data frames of video content:
• dividing the data frame into a plurality of data segments;
• and
• copying a plurality of each of the plurality of data segments to the plurality of data frames in a data stream to provide redundancy for the data frame within the plurality of data frames in the data stream, wherein the plurality of each of the plurality of data segments is distributed across the plurality of data frames to provide generate a plurality of redundancy-enhanced data frames that provide the redundancy over a protection interval associated with a network path;
• and
• transmitting a data stream comprising the plurality of redundancy-enhanced data frames to a receiver via the network path.