BANDWIDTH MANAGEMENT DEVICE, CENTRAL MANAGEMENT DEVICE AND METHOD OF BANDWIDTH MANAGEMENT
First Claim
1. A bandwidth management device for streaming media, the bandwidth management device comprising:
- a first receiver, configured to receive attribute information of media devices;
wherein a criticality factor for indicating an importance level of each of the media devices is included in each piece of the attribute information;
a second receiver, configured to receive media streaming from the media devices; and
a bandwidth assigner, configured to assign a bandwidth for each piece of the media streaming at least based on the criticality factor of each piece of the media streaming.
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Abstract
The embodiments of the present invention provide a bandwidth management device, central management device and method of bandwidth management. The bandwidth management device includes: a first receiver, configured to receive attribute information of media devices; wherein a criticality factor of media device is included in each piece of the attribute information; a second receiver, configured to receive media streaming from the media devices; a bandwidth assigner, configured to assign bandwidth for each piece of media streaming based on the criticality factor. Through the embodiments of the present invention, optimization of bandwidth usage is realized and it is easy to change the critical level of video streaming adaptively.
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24 Claims
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1. A bandwidth management device for streaming media, the bandwidth management device comprising:
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a first receiver, configured to receive attribute information of media devices;
wherein a criticality factor for indicating an importance level of each of the media devices is included in each piece of the attribute information;a second receiver, configured to receive media streaming from the media devices; and a bandwidth assigner, configured to assign a bandwidth for each piece of the media streaming at least based on the criticality factor of each piece of the media streaming. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A central management device for streaming media, the central management device comprising:
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a receiver, configured to receive a message from a bandwidth management device, wherein the message requests attribute information of media devices; a first sender, configured to send the attribute information of the media devices to the bandwidth management device, wherein a criticality factor for indicating an importance level of each of the media devices is included in each of the attribute information, to enable the bandwidth management device to assign a bandwidth for each piece of the media streaming received from the media devices at least based on the criticality factor. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. A method of bandwidth management for streaming media, the method comprising:
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receiving attribute information of media devices;
wherein a criticality factor for indicating an importance level of each of the media devices is included in each piece of the attribute information;receiving media streaming from the media devices; and assigning a bandwidth for each piece of the media streaming at least based on the criticality factor. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of bandwidth management for streaming media, the method comprising:
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receiving a message from a bandwidth management device, wherein the message requests attribute information of media devices; sending the attribute information of the media devices to the bandwidth management device, wherein a criticality factor for indicating an importance level of each of the media devices is included in each of the attribute information, to enable the bandwidth management device to assign a bandwidth for each piece of the media streaming received from the media devices at least based on the criticality factor. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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