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Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013

Filed:

Jun. 26, 2008
Applicants:

Hang Liu, Yardley, PA (US);

Ishan Mandrekar, Monmouth Junction, NJ (US);

Minquan Wu, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);

Ramkumar Perumanam, Edison, NJ (US);

Saurabh Mathur, Monmouth Junction, NJ (US);

Inventors:

Hang Liu, Yardley, PA (US);

Ishan Mandrekar, Monmouth Junction, NJ (US);

Minquan Wu, Princeton Junction, NJ (US);

Ramkumar Perumanam, Edison, NJ (US);

Saurabh Mathur, Monmouth Junction, NJ (US);

Assignee:

Thomson Licensing, Issy les Moulineaux, FR;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/04 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A method and apparatus are described including multicasting a plurality of data units and multicasting a request for acknowledging receipt of the plurality of data units, receiving signals responsive to the request. Also described are a method and apparatus including receiving a multicast request to acknowledge receipt of data, determining if a response to the request is required, determining status of the data, preparing the response based on the determining acts and transmitting the response.


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