| 摘要 |
Embodiments of the present invention comprise methods and systems for MAC layer acknowledgement of the receipt of network data in a multicast transfer environment. Some embodiments include methods wherein data is sent from a source to a MAC layer multicast address followed by separate acknowledgement requests, which are sent to each data recipient's MAC layer unicast address. Each recipient may then acknowledge receipt of the multicast data thereby allowing the source to resend any lost data. The MAC layer acknowledgement of these embodiments allows fast quality of service assurance compatible with demanding audio and video applications where higher level acknowledgement is not effective.
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