Patent ID: 8976787
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A traffic optimizer facilitating communication of data packets between a server and at least one of a plurality of clients through a multicast network, the traffic optimizer comprising: a communication processor that receives association data and data packets having a unicast stream control transmission protocol from the server, the association data including an IP address of the server and IP addresses of the at least one of a plurality of clients available for communication, wherein the unicast stream control transmission protocol is stream control transmission protocol-partial reliability; a packet analyzer that identifies a most complete set of packets to be delivered to the at least one of the plurality of clients and finding redundant copies of the received data packets; a packet processor that processes the received data packets by trimming off the redundant copies of the received data packets, compiling a complete set of received data packets, and forwarding the processed data packets to the at least one of the plurality of clients at respective ones of the received IP addresses through the multicast network.