Patent ID: 8374087

Claim:
An apparatus for providing increased transmission quality of service, comprising: a server configured for simultaneously transmitting packet data through different transmitters, co-located with said server, over parallel diverse transmission medium along an entire path to a client having different receivers co-located with said client; wherein said diverse medium are subject to different forms of interference; means of detecting quality of service of said transmission; means for Fountain encoding packet data using media-time coding and interleaving across said parallel diverse transmission medium; and means for transmitting Fountain encoded packet data across said diverse transmission medium and distributing said packet data, which is interleaved and media-time coded with alternate packets transmitted, across said diverse medium in response to changes in the detected quality of service; wherein said multiple diverse transmission medium comprise both a wireless connection and a power-line connection; wherein said Fountain encoded data is transmitted simultaneously over said wireless connection and said power-line connection; wherein said diverse medium comprise medium in which fading or signal strength vary independently when comparing at least two of the diverse medium; and wherein said diverse medium comprise wireless medium, at least two of which provide different propagation characteristics.