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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2015
Sagemcom Broadband Sas, Rueil Malmaison, FR;
Antonie Rocquelay, Rueil Malmaison, FR;
Laurent Alarcon, Rueil Malmaison, FR;
SAGEMCOM BROADBAND SAS, Rueil Malmaison, FR;
Abstract
In a communication network, a client has a plurality of network interfaces connecting it to a server able to deliver data streams on multicast groups. The client obtains a first request for subscription to a multicast group allowing to obtain a data stream. The client replaces the first subscription request with a plurality of second requests for subscription to a plurality of multicast subgroups able to supply data sub-streams which, once combined, allow to reconstruct the data stream. Each second subscription request is transmitted over a network interface with which the request was associated, so as to favour use of each available network interface. The client receives, over each network interface, a data sub-stream corresponding to the second subscription request transmitted over said network interface and reconstructs the data stream from the data sub-streams.