Establishment of reliable multicast/broadcast in a wireless network

摘要

Various example embodiments are disclosed relating to the establishment of reliable multicast/broadcast sessions in a wireless network. According to an example embodiment, an apparatus may be configured to receive, from a wireless recipient station, a request to establish a reliable multicast/broadcast session with the recipient station. The apparatus may be further configured to transmit, to the recipient station, a response to the request to establish the reliable multicast /broadcast session. The response may include one or more retransmission fields describing a retransmission of data for the requested reliable multicast/broadcast session. For example, the request may include a retransmission multicast address to be used for retransmission of data for the multicast/broadcast session.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving, from a wireless recipient station, a request to establish a reliable multicast/broadcast session with the recipient station by transmitting as a unicast transmission to the recipient station data associated with the reliable multicast/broadcast session, wherein the request comprises a request frame including a unicast field indicating a request to receive data associated with the reliable multicast/broadcast session as unicast data; and transmitting, to the recipient station, a response to the request to establish the reliable mulicast/broadcast session, the response including a unicast field indicating whether the data for the reliable multicast/broadcast session will be transmitted to the recipient station as unicast data.