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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2005
Filed:
May. 03, 2001
Applicants:
Hijin Sato, Yokohama, JP;
Narumi Umeda, Yokohama, JP;
Yasushi Yamao, Yokosuka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
NTT DoCoMo, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H007/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The method of invention provides a multicast service from an information delivery apparatus to wireless terminals through wireless routes. The method includes the step of transmitting, from the information delivery apparatus, a plurality of sets of multicast information, wherein these sets are identical to each other as to contents thereof but differ in transmission conditions. The method further includes the step of receiving, at any given one of the wireless terminals, one of the sets of multicast information being transmitted under one of the differing transmission conditions.