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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2013
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Neil Diener, Hudson, OH (US);
John Matthew Swartz, Lithia, FL (US);
William Robert Seed, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 13/00 (2006.01); H03M 13/05 (2006.01); H04L 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H03M 13/05 (2013.01); H04L 1/0041 (2013.01); H04L 1/0019 (2013.01); H04L 1/0017 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an example embodiment, there is described herein a methodology were the Forward Error Correction (FEC) data for a data stream is distributed into a plurality of FEC sub-streams. Subscribers to the data stream indicate which of the plurality of FEC sub-streams should be provided to them. The distribution of FEC sub-streams are limited to subscribed FEC sub-streams. FEC sub-streams with no subscribers are not forwarded beyond a distribution point such as an access point (AP).