Patent ID: 8868995

Claim:
A method comprising: transmitting packets from a packet source to a plurality of wireless devices; selecting a first wireless device from the plurality of wireless devices as a primary leader, the primary leader having a highest transmission error rate of receipt of the packets among the plurality of wireless devices, wherein the primary leader to either respond with an acknowledgment of receipt of packets transmitted to the plurality of wireless devices, when the primary leader receives the transmitted packets, or to respond with a negative acknowledgment of non-receipt of the packets, when the primary leader does not receive the transmitted packets; selecting a second wireless device from the plurality of wireless devices as a secondary leader, the secondary leader having a second highest transmission error rate of receipt of the packets among the plurality of wireless devices, wherein the secondary leader to respond with a negative acknowledgment of non-receipt of the packets transmitted to the plurality of wireless devices, when the secondary leader does not receive the transmitted packets, but not respond with an acknowledgment of receipt of the packets, when the secondary leader receives the transmitted packets; and retransmitting packets from the packet source to the plurality of wireless devices, when either of the primary leader or the secondary leader responds with a negative acknowledgment of non-receipt of the packets.