Abstract: A device is disclosed for transmitting packets in a packet communication network comprising at least two stations, including in particular means for generating a first timestamp from a sampled value of a master counter, means for generating a second timestamp from a sampled value of a second counter synchronized on the at least two stations and means for transmitting jointly the two timestamps in the packet communication network. A device is further disclosed for receiving packets in a packet communication network, which uses the double timestamp generated by the transmitter device.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the domain of video equipment. More specifically, it concerns a reception device that comprises the means for: receiving packets containing samples, that come from data sampled every Tech period, where Tech is from a time base synchronised on all the stations of said network, regenerating a counting ramp having a count increment and a range value PCR_Modulus, using a phase-locked loop PLL1 that receives the samples and that delivers local samples every Tech period and a reconstituted clock, initialising, at every zero-crossing of the counting ramp, an image counter that is determined by the reconstituted clock. According to the invention, it comprises, further, means for determining the values of count increments.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for of restoring a service reservation booking system in a network after a failure, that comprises a first step of invalidating at least a portion of the bookings which cannot be seen anymore by said service booking system due to-said failure, a second step of recalculating said bookings which cannot be seen anymore by said service booking system by validating the bookings which are valid in the network topology after the failure and by cancelling the bookings which are invalid in the network topology after said failure. Advantageously, the method of the present invention further includes a third step during which the nodes of the network disappear from the service booking system. The present invention also relates to a service booking system in a network.

Abstract: The invention concerns a device able for receiving packets in a packet communication network comprising at least two stations, characterized in that it includes: phase-locked loop, as well as means for: receiving packets containing samples of said network, said samples being derived from data sampled every Tech period, where Tech is derived from a time base synchronized on all the stations of said network and said samples being associated with incremental values predicting at least one sample, calculating, in case of interruption of packet reception, a prediction of a sample that should have been received, by adding an increment value to a received sample value. The invention also concerns a device for transmitting packets in a packet communication network.

Abstract: The invention concerns device for transmitting packets in a packet communication network comprising at least two stations, including in particular means for generating a first temporal descriptor from a sampled value of a master counter, means for generating a second temporal descriptor from a sampled value of a second counter synchronized on all the network stations and means for transmitting jointly the two temporal descriptors in the network. The invention also concerns a device for receiving packets in a packet communication network, which uses the double temporal descriptor generated by the transmitter device.

Abstract: The inventions concerns a network data storage system comprising a storage unit, at least one network client and an intermediate network switch. The storage unit contains at least two data storage servers each comprises a local storage component containing digital file segments of at least one digital file and is adapted to execute a local digital file management method organising the physical location of the digital file segments. Each data storage server is adapted to communicate with the other data storage servers and to execute a distributed digital file management method. The distributed digital file management method maintains a record of operations and communicates internally with the other data storage servers to obtain information concerning the digital file segments contained on the other data storage servers and an overview of all information concerning all digital files stored on the storage unit.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of managing the content of a file belonging to a file system allocating resource cells of a recording medium to files, the allocation of the cells being structured by so-called structural information. According to the invention the method according to the invention comprises a step of modifying the content of the file by allocating and/or deallocating an integer number of cells at a chosen position of the content of the file, this step of modifying the file being carried out by updating the structural information of the file system. Application to audio/video digital data processing.

Abstract: Storage device for stream data such as digital video and for non-stream data such as computer files, comprising a single file system which features a first type of storage unit for storing audio and/or video streams and a second type of storage unit for storing non-stream data, wherein the size of the first storage unit is a multiple of the size of the second storage unit, said device further comprising means for allocating a unit of the first type either for stream storage or to split a unit of the first type into a plurality of units of the second type, for storage of non-stream data. The invention also concerns a method for storing stream data or non-stream data. Applicable in digital television systems.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for handling isochronous files in a HAVi network.