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Alex De Smedt

Koen Van Oost

Kristof Martens

Jurgen Schoeters

Dominique Chanet

Karel Van Doorselaer

Dirk Van De Poel

Patrick Goemaere

Paul Praet

Bart Nys

A solution for objects in a publish-subscribe environment is described. An object determining unit determines an object identifier for the object, whereas a recipient determining unit determines a recipient identifier for the recipient which shall manipulate the object. An object request comprising at least the object identifier and the recipient identifier is then output to the publish-subscribe environment. Recipients of the object request check whether manipulation of an object is required and manipulate the object as required.

Object life cycle management in a publish-subscribe environment

A method for initiating a session within a publish/subscribe network, comprises: publishing a first topic by a first user interface of a first device, the topic identifying the first user interface and including an address-identifier identifying a second user interface of another device, triggering a request to start a session, starting a first media endpoint () by publishing the media endpoint to the network by using a second topic for the media end point representing the media end point and describing the capabilities of the media endpoint, and linking the first media endpoint with a second media endpoint () of the second user interface (), when the second user interface has accepted the session.

Publish/subscribe network enabled for multimedia signaling control, method for initiating a session within the network and respective network device

The network for multimedia control comprises User Interfaces, Session Controllers and Media Endpoints as functional entities for initiating a session, the entities having each publisher and/or subscriber functionality and communicating on topics. The network is in particular a Data Distribution Service for Real-Time Systems (DDS) network and the entities act as Domain Participants of the DDS network for providing multimedia signalling control as a domain of the DDS network.

Network for multimedia control comprising functional entities having publisher and/or subscriber functionality, and method for initiating a multimedia session

The present invention concerns a gateway and a method at a gateway for providing multiple accesses to an IP based network, the gateway comprising an interface to a first network, an interface to a second network, the gateway being connected to the IP based network with a first network provider on a first connection through the second network. The method comprises the steps of detecting a request from a device located on the first network to connect to the IP based network with a second network provider, setting up a second connection to the IP based network through the second network with a second network provider, and connecting the device to the IP based network with the second connection.

Method and a gateway for providing multiple internet access

The present invention concerns a method for controlling upstream bandwidth at a device the device comprising an interface to a first network, at least a local interface to at least a second network, the at least second network comprising more than one gateway device. The method comprises the steps of monitoring the available bandwidth value on the first network and periodically indicating to said more than one gateway device the maximum upstream bandwidth available to said more than one gateway device, the maximum upstream bandwidth depending on the available bandwidth, the number of the more than one gateway device connected to the device, and the number of local interfaces connected to the more than one gateway device.

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Olen, Belgium

Alex De Smedt