Patent ID: 7843855

Claim:
A broadcast system for broadcasting content to a plurality of nodes, the system comprising: a first tree network associated with a first data stream, the first tree network comprising a plurality of nodes, each of the plurality of nodes being included in the first tree network as one of a repeater node or a leaf node, wherein the first data stream is retransmitted down the first tree network by each repeater node in the first tree network; a second tree network associated with a second data stream, the second stream differing from the first stream, the second tree network comprising the plurality of nodes, each of the plurality of nodes being included in the second tree network as one of a repeater node or a leaf node, wherein the second data stream is retransmitted down the second tree network by each repeater node in the second tree network; and at least one of the plurality of nodes acting as a repeater in the first tree network and acting as a leaf node in the second tree network, and at least one of the plurality of nodes acting as a leaf in the first tree network and acting as a repeater node in the second tree network.