Multicast transmission using a unicast protocol
AssigneeThomson Licensing
InventorsStéphane Gouache, Guillaume Bichot, Zhenyu Wu
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Abstract
Method for multicast transmission between a server and at least one of a plurality of clients using a unicast protocol, said method comprising a step of providing by the server to the client information permitting to said client to communicate with the server over a multicast path, in order to enable a joint operation of multicast and unicast paths between the server and the client.
Claims21
A method comprising:
- transmitting, by a server, information permitting communication with the server over a multicast path, in order to enable a joint operation of multicast and unicast paths in a multicast association over a network at a transport layer using a unicast protocol, said information comprising an identifier of said multicast association;
- and
- receiving, by said server, a first chunk of a four way handshake, said first chunk comprising said identifier of said multicast association.
A server able to communicate using a unicast protocol, said server comprising:
- a memory;
- at least one processor configured to:
- transmit information permitting communication with the server over a multicast path, in order to enable a joint operation of multicast and unicast paths in a multicast association over a network at a transport layer using the unicast protocol, said information comprising an identifier of said multicast association;
- and
- receive a first chunk of a four way handshake, said first chunk comprising said identifier of said multicast association.
A client able to communicate using a unicast protocol, said client comprising:
- a memory;
- at least one processor configured to:
- receive information permitting said client to communicate over a multicast path, in order to enable a joint operation of multicast and unicast paths in a multicast association over a network at a transport layer using the unicast protocol, said information comprising an identifier of said multicast association;
- and
- transmit a first chunk of a four way handshake, said first chunk comprising said identifier of said multicast association.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium with computer-executable instructions stored therein which upon execution instruct a computer to:
- transmit information permitting communication over a multicast path, in order to enable a joint operation of multicast and unicast paths in a multicast association over a network at a transport layer using a unicast protocol, said information comprising an identifier of said multicast association;
- and
- receive a first chunk of a four way handshake, said first chunk comprising said identifier of said multicast association.
A method to communicate using a unicast protocol, said method comprising:
- receiving information permitting communication over a multicast path at a transport layer to enable a joint operation of multicast and unicast paths in a multicast association over a network at a transport layer, using the unicast protocol, said information comprising an identifier of said multicast association;
- and
- transmitting a first chunk of a four way handshake, said first chunk comprising said identifier of said multicast association.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.