METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING QUALITY OF MULTICAST STREAM OVER WIRELESS ACCESS POINT

摘要

A method of optimizing the quality of multicast services over a wireless network by dynamically controlling a broadcast rate, comprising: suppressing an automatic rate fallback protocol so that a broadcast data rate is not limited to the base data rate; transmitting a multicast data stream from an access point to a plurality of nodes; detecting if there is any data loss in the said multicast data stream; and lowering the data rate for each node incrementally if there is any data loss, until the data loss reaches an acceptable level or until the said minimum rate is reached, whichever happens first.