Multistream video communication with staggered access points

A method, in a video information source, for transmitting video information, the method comprising:

• generating a first video information stream representative of a unit of video information, the first video information stream corresponding to a video channel, wherein generating the first video information stream comprises encoding the unit of video information at a video quality level;
• transmitting the first video information stream;
• generating a second video information stream representative of the unit of video information, the second video information stream corresponding to said video channel, wherein generating the second video information stream comprises encoding the unit of video information at the video quality level;
• and
• transmitting the second video information stream simultaneously with the first video information stream;
• wherein generating the second video information stream comprises time-shifting the first video information stream by an amount of time that is less than the average time between access points in the first video information stream.

A method, in a video information source, for transmitting video information, the method comprising:

• transmitting a first video information stream representative of a unit of video information, the first video information stream corresponding to a video channel;
• transmitting a second video information stream representative of the unit of video information simultaneously with the first video information stream, the second video information stream corresponding to the video channel;
• and
• transmitting information of access point timing for at least one of the first video information stream and the second video information stream, said information of access point timing indicative of in which one of the at least first video information stream and second video information stream the next access point will arrive.

A system for transmitting video information, the system comprising:

• a video information source comprising a time delay module and operable to, at least:
• generate a first video information stream representative of a unit of video information;
• and
• generate a second video information stream representative of the unit of video information by, at least in part, utilizing the time delay module to time-shift the first video information stream by an amount of time that is less than the average time between access points in the first video information stream;
• and
• a transmitter, communicatively coupled to the video information source, that is operable to at least:
• transmit the first video information stream, the transmitted first video information stream corresponding to a video channel;
• and
• transmit the second video information stream simultaneously with the first video information stream, the transmitted second video information stream corresponding to the video channel.

A system for transmitting video information, the system comprising:

• a video information source operable to, at least:
• generate a first video information stream representative of a unit of information by, at least in part, operating to encode the unit of video information at a video quality level;
• and
• generate the second video information stream representative of the unit of information by, at least in part, operating to encode the unit of video information at the video quality level;
• wherein said video information source generates the second video information stream by, at least in part, operating to time-shift the first video information stream by an amount of time that is less than the average time between access points in the first video information stream;
• and
• a transmitter, communicatively coupled to the video information source, operable to, at least:
• transmit the first video information stream, the transmitted first video information stream corresponding to a video channel;
• and
• transmit the second video information stream simultaneously with the first video information stream, the transmitted second video information stream corresponding to the video channel.

A system for transmitting video information, the system comprising:

• a video information source operable to, at least:
• generate a first video information stream representative of a unit of video information;
• and
• generate a second video stream representative of the unit of video information;
• and
• a transmitter, communicatively coupled to the video information source, operable to, at least:
• transmit the first video information stream, the transmitted first video information stream corresponding to a video channel;
• transmit the second video information stream simultaneously with the first video information stream, the transmitted second video information stream corresponding to the video channel;
• and,
• transmit information of access point timing for at least one of the first video information stream and the second video information stream, said information of access point timing indicative of in which one of the at least first video information stream and second video information stream the next access point will arrive.