Quality of service management in a switched digital video environment
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1. A method of providing a quality of service for a multicast group of devices at a subscriber premises, said method comprising the steps of:
- receiving, by a switched digital video device in communication with said multicast group of devices, a priority status in a request for a digital service from at least one of said multicast group of devices in said subscriber premises; and
evaluating, by the switched digital video device, said request by comparing bandwidth requirements of said one request to available bandwidth of said subscriber premises, wherein comparing the bandwidth requirements comprises;
parsing a service plurality of service request packets prior to sending the packets upstream to a headend;
adding a bandwidth management status to each of the plurality of service request packets, the bandwidth management status comprising a correlation between a requested bandwidth and the available bandwidth; and
sending an error message to the at least one of said multicast group of devices in said subscriber premises that does not have adequate bandwidth.
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Quality of service management in a switched digital video environment. The devices in a user'"'"'s home can be given quality of service priority statuses by a system operator. In the event of oversubscription, the quality of service management allows the user to determine which services will have priority over others if more bandwidth is requested than available.
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1. A method of providing a quality of service for a multicast group of devices at a subscriber premises, said method comprising the steps of:
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receiving, by a switched digital video device in communication with said multicast group of devices, a priority status in a request for a digital service from at least one of said multicast group of devices in said subscriber premises; and evaluating, by the switched digital video device, said request by comparing bandwidth requirements of said one request to available bandwidth of said subscriber premises, wherein comparing the bandwidth requirements comprises; parsing a service plurality of service request packets prior to sending the packets upstream to a headend; adding a bandwidth management status to each of the plurality of service request packets, the bandwidth management status comprising a correlation between a requested bandwidth and the available bandwidth; and sending an error message to the at least one of said multicast group of devices in said subscriber premises that does not have adequate bandwidth. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computing device comprising:
a processor executing instructions retrieved from a memory, the instructions operable to; receive a priority status in a request for a digital service from a device in a multicast group of devices located at a subscriber premises; and evaluate the request by comparing bandwidth requirements of the request to available bandwidth of the subscriber premises, wherein in comparing the bandwidth requirements, the instructions are operable to; parse a plurality of service request packets prior to sending the packets upstream to a headend; add a bandwidth management status to each of the plurality of service request packets, the bandwidth management status comprising a correlation between a requested bandwidth and the available bandwidth; and send an error message to the at least one of said multicast group of devices in said subscriber premises that does not have adequate bandwidth. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A system of providing a quality of service for a multicast group of devices at a subscriber premises, the system comprising a switched digital video device in communication with said multicast group of devices, the switched digital video device being configured to:
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receive a priority status in a request for a digital service from at least one of said multicast group of devices in said subscriber premises; and evaluate said request wherein the switched digital video device being configured to evaluate comprises the switched digital video device being configured to compare bandwidth requirements of said one request to available bandwidth of said subscriber premises, wherein the switched digital video device being configured to compare the bandwidth requirements comprises the switched digital video device being configured to; parse a service plurality of service request packets prior to sending the packets upstream to a headend; add a bandwidth management status to each of the plurality of service request packets, the bandwidth management status comprising a correlation between a requested bandwidth and the available bandwidth; and send an error message to the at least one of said multicast group of devices in said subscriber premises that does not have adequate bandwidth. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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