TRANSFER APPARATUS, TRANSFER PROGRAM, AND TRANSFER METHOD

摘要

A transfer apparatus includes: a receiver to receive one of an error correction packet and a data packet, the error correction packet for recovering the data packet through error correction, and the data packet having protective coverage information written thereon, the protective coverage information identifying a protective coverage on the data packet recoverable through an error correction of the error correction packet; an updater to update the protective coverage information in accordance with an order of reception of the data packets received by the receiver unit; a generator to generate an error correction packet of the data packet identified by new protective coverage information updated by the updater unit; and a transmitter to transmit the data packet having the protective coverage information updated by the updater unit, and the error correction packet generated by the generator unit.