A NETWORK UNIT, A CENTRAL DISTRIBUTION CONTROL UNIT AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT

摘要

A network unit (3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9; 31) for use in a real-time communications network in which streams of data frames are transmitted to a plurality of receivers, said network unit being arranged to receive at least a first part of at least a first stream of data frames transmitted from at least a first content source (1) is described, said unit being characterized in that it comprises At least one buffer (Bl, B2; 33) arranged to store each data frame of a stream of data frames; A transmitting unit (35) arranged to communicate with at least one other network unit to transmit at least one data frame to another network unit; A receiving unit (37) arranged to receive from said other network unit at least one data frame belonging to the stream of data and store said data frame in the at least one buffer.