摘要 |
A method of sending streaming media over a network receives a packet at a router and determines if the packet is addressed to multiple addressees. If the packet is addressed to a single addressee, the method inspects Layer 7 content of the packet. If the packet is a stream and if a packet having identical Layer 7 content is in a queue for a same next router, the method adds the addressee of the packet to the packet having identical Layer 7 content in the queue for the same next router and drops the packet. If the packet is addressed to multiple addressees via a same next router, the method inspects Layer 7 content of the packet. If the packet is a stream and if a packet having identical Layer 7 content is a queue for the same next router, the method adds the addressees of the packet to the packet having identical Layer 7 content in the queue for the same next router and drops the packet. If the packet is addressed to multiple addressees via multiple next routers, the method puts the packet in respective queues for each of the multiple routers.
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