Method to optimize the data stream between a router and a multimedia unit
AssigneeNagravision S.A.
InventorsHolger Ippach, Corinne Le Buhan, Marc Uldry
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AssigneeNagravision S.A.
InventorsHolger Ippach, Corinne Le Buhan, Marc Uldry
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Even if high speed are available between the router and the multimedia unit through the IP line (up to 24 Mbits/sec), this is still the bottleneck in term of data transfer. Indeed in practice the vast majority of IP users have access speed between 2 to 5 Mbits/sec and the development of other services (telephony, videoconference, push VOD, game) are bandwidth consuming. It is now an object of the invention to propose a solution to reduce the data flow between the router and the multimedia unit over IP line. This is achieved by a method to optimize the data stream between a router and a multimedia unit, the router receiving at least one data stream forming a service and comprising several sub-streams from which part of them are alternatively used by the multimedia unit, the method comprising the steps of: defining a set of data representing the multimedia unit's profile, transmitting this set of data to the router, filtering by the router the unnecessary sub-stream according the given profile, sending the remaining sub-streams to the multimedia unit.
A method for optimizing at least one sub-data stream between a router and a multimedia unit, the router receiving a data stream including a plurality of sub-data streams forming a plurality of services, the at least one sub-data stream between the router and the multimedia unit being a sub-data stream of the plurality of sub-data streams, at least one service of the plurality of services being formed of at least a portion of the plurality of sub-data streams, a subset of said portion being transmitted to the multimedia unit, and said subset including the at least one sub-data stream, the method comprising:
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