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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2011
Applicants:
Zhenhong LI, Shanghai, CN;
Wei Zou, Shanghai, CN;
Haifeng Wang, Shanghai, CN;
Gang Wu, Shanghai, CN;
Inventors:
Zhenhong Li, Shanghai, CN;
Wei Zou, Shanghai, CN;
Haifeng Wang, Shanghai, CN;
Gang Wu, Shanghai, CN;
Assignee:
Nokia Corporation, Espoo, FI;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H 20/71 (2008.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04B 7/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/1868 (2013.01); H04L 12/189 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method including sending a multicast packet to a cluster of recipients; receiving information indicating receiving status relating to the multicast packet from individual members of the cluster of recipients; and initiating intracluster retransmission of said multicast packet by sending to the cluster of recipients collective information about the receiving statuses of the members of the cluster of recipients.