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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2009
Christoph Stevens, Stekene, BE;
Pascal Marie Edouard Julien Justen, Sint-Pieters-Woluwe, BE;
Luc Vermoesen, Bornem, BE;
Jourik DE Loof, Aartselaar, BE;
Tom Van Leeuwen, Wondelgem, BE;
Willem Jozef Amaat Acke, Rijmenam, BE;
Werner Mario Liekens, Sint Katelijne Waver, BE;
Christoph Stevens, Stekene, BE;
Pascal Marie Edouard Julien Justen, Sint-Pieters-Woluwe, BE;
Luc Vermoesen, Bornem, BE;
Jourik De Loof, Aartselaar, BE;
Tom Van Leeuwen, Wondelgem, BE;
Willem Jozef Amaat Acke, Rijmenam, BE;
Werner Mario Liekens, Sint Katelijne Waver, BE;
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Abstract
The present application describes a Qos module for use in a home network that comprises a plurality of devices and a home gateway. The home gateway is enabled to receive a multicast stream and to forward the multicast stream to at least one of the devices under control of a multicast proxy module. The Qos module further comprises the multicast proxy module for also sending, upon reception of a multicast join message from one of the devices for joining the multicast stream, a Quality of Service request. The Quality of Service request comprising an address of the home gateway and an address of said device. The Qos module further comprises a unicast Quality of Service control module for reception of the Quality of Service request and for sending a unicast Quality of Service event message in order to request thereby provision of Quality of Service for the multicast stream when being forwarded from the home gateway to the device.