Method for forwarding packets a related packet forwarding system, a related classification device and a related popularity monitoring device
AssigneeAlcatel Lucent
InventorHeico Heikens
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method and related system and related devices for forwarding packets of a plurality of multimedia streams where the packets of the plurality of multimedia streams being forwarded from a multimedia source towards a plurality of multimedia endpoints over a communications network, where the method comprises a step of classifying the packets of the plurality of multimedia streams based on the usage of each of the multimedia streams.
Claims17
A method for forwarding packets of a plurality of multimedia streams, said packets of said plurality of multimedia streams being forwarded from a multimedia source towards a plurality of multimedia endpoints over a communications network, wherein said method comprise:
- determining the usage of each of said multimedia streams via a popularity monitoring device;
- classifying said packets of said plurality of multimedia streams based on said usage of each of said multimedia streams, wherein said step of classifying is performed via a classification device that is coupled to said multimedia source and said popularity monitoring device, wherein said classification device is coupled to said multimedia source over a first control link and is further coupled to the said popularity monitoring device over a second control link;
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- discarding some of said packets of said plurality of multimedia streams based on said classifying of said packets.
A packet forwarding system for forwarding packets of a plurality of Multimedia streams, said system comprising:
- a multimedia source adapted to forward said plurality of multimedia streams towards a plurality of multimedia endpoints over a communications network coupling said multimedia source and said plurality of multimedia endpoints;
- a popularity monitoring part that determines the usage of each of said multimedia streams;
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- a classification part, coupled to the multimedia source and to the monitoring part, that classifies said packets of said plurality of multimedia streams based on the usage of each of said multimedia streams, wherein said classification part is coupled to said multimedia source over a first control link and is further coupled to the said popularity monitoring device over a second control link.
A classification device for use in a system for forwarding packets of a plurality of Multimedia streams, said system comprising a multimedia source that forwards said plurality of multimedia streams towards a plurality of multimedia endpoints over a communications network coupling said multimedia source and said plurality of multimedia endpoints, wherein said classification device comprises a classification part, coupled to said multimedia source and a popularity monitoring device, that classifies said packets of said plurality of multimedia streams based on the usage of each of said multimedia streams, wherein said classification part is coupled to said multimedia source over a first control link and is further coupled to the said popularity monitoring device over a second control link.
A popularity monitoring device for use in a system for forwarding packets of a plurality of Multimedia streams, said system comprising a multimedia source adapted to forward said plurality of multimedia streams towards a plurality of multimedia endpoints over a communications network coupling said multimedia source and said plurality of multimedia endpoints where said popularity monitoring device comprises a monitoring part that determines the usage of each of said multimedia streams, wherein said popularity monitoring device is operative to send information relating to the usage of each of said multimedia streams to a classification part that is coupled to said multimedia source over a first control link and is further coupled to the said popularity monitoring device over a second control link.
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