MULTICAST RELIABILITY ENHANCEMENT

摘要

A method for receiving feedback on a quality of multicast transmissions in a Wireless Local Access Network (WLAN) including a source electronic device (e.g., an access point) and a plurality of electronic devices is disclosed, according to some embodiments. The method can include (i) transmitting a plurality of multicast packets addressed to a subset of the plurality of electronic devices by the source electronic device; (ii) concurrently polling the subset of the plurality of electronic devices by the source electronic device; and (iii) receiving a plurality of block acknowledgements (BAs) from at least the subset of the plurality of electronic devices by the source electronic device. Each BA may include information on a quality of reception of two or more multicast packets received at an electronic device.

主权项

1. A method for receiving feedback on quality of multicast transmissions, the method comprising:
transmitting a plurality of multicast packets in a Wireless Local Access Network (WLAN) comprising an access point and a plurality of electronic devices; concurrently polling a subset of the plurality of electronic devices; and receiving a plurality of block acknowledgements (BAs) from at least the subset of the plurality of electronic devices, wherein each BA comprises information on quality of reception of at least one of the plurality of multicast packets at an electronic device in the plurality of electronic devices, and wherein the plurality of BAs are received serially from the at least the subset of the plurality of electronic devices.