Multicast quality of service module and method

A home gateway comprising a Quality of Service (QoS) module for use in a home network that comprises a plurality of devices and the home gateway, said home gateway being enabled to receive a multicast stream and to forward said multicast stream to at least one of said devices under control of a multicast proxy module, wherein said QoS module comprises:

• said multicast proxy module configured to:
• send, upon reception of a multicast join message from one of said devices for joining said multicast stream, a QoS request comprising an address of said home gateway and an address of said device, said QoS request further comprising a reference to said multicast stream, and
• store in a multicast membership database said address of said device in association with said reference to said multicast stream;
• a unicast QoS control module configured to:
• receive said QoS request, and
• send a unicast QoS event message for requesting thereby provision of QoS for said multicast stream when being forwarded from said home gateway to said device, said unicast QoS module further comprising a look-up table configured to look-up an associated QoS class in its look-up table based upon said reference to said multicast stream.