Patent ID: 9313253
Filing Date: 2016-04-12
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A communication apparatus comprising: a Central Processing Unit (CPU) configured to: control accumulation of a plurality of data blocks in a buffer; read the accumulated plurality of data blocks from the buffer to transmit the plurality of data blocks; generate, when any of the plurality of data blocks is discarded from the buffer during the transmission of the plurality of data blocks, dummy data corresponding to an untransmitted portion of the data block having been discarded; and transmit the generated dummy data in place of the untransmitted portion of the data block having been discarded, wherein the plurality of data blocks are expressed in an MPEG2-TS format and a predetermined number of TS packets form each of the plurality of data blocks, and wherein the generated dummy data includes data corresponding to an untransmitted portion of a TS packet that has been cut halfway and a TS packet that is yet to be transmitted.