RECEPTION DEVICE, TRANSMISSION/RECEPTION SYSTEM, RECEPTION METHOD, AND PROGRAM

摘要

There is provided a reception device including a reception unit that receives stream data transmitted by multicast transmission from a plurality of transmitters at respective different transmission rates in a physical layer, an acquisition unit that acquires environment change information related to a change in a network environment with the transmitters, and a connection destination selection unit that selects, on the basis of the acquired environment change information, one transmitter from among the plurality of transmitters as a connection destination of the reception unit.