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AssigneesElectronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
InventorsSangwoo Lee, Hyun Seo Oh, June Koo Rhee, Yonghwan Bang, Dujeong Lee
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The present invention provides a method and apparatus for multicast transmission of a transmitting station in a wireless network. The method according to the present invention transmits a plurality of data packets to a plurality of receiving stations, receives information on loss of the plurality of the data packets from at least one of the plurality of the receiving stations, codes the plurality of the data packets into a single coded data packet based on the information on the loss of the plurality of the data packets and transmits an error control frame including the coded data packet to the plurality of the receiving stations. Therefore, when an error occurs at a data packet that a transmitting station transmits to a plurality of receiving stations by a multicast transmission, a number of retransmission of the data packet can be reduced.
A method for multicast transmission of a transmitting station in a wireless network, comprising:
A transmitting station, comprising:
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