Abstract: In a method of managing a request for remote access to a multimedia content, a corresponding datum stream is inserted at the instant or in a delayed manner with the set of the data streams being transmitted on a distribution network as a function of a capacity threshold of this network. Each data stream is of the variable-throughput type, with a data throughput profile corresponding, whose width corresponds to a time of transmission of the stream. The management of the request comprises a verification that the capacity of the network is not exceeded on the width of the profile, as a function of a given instant of insertion, of the throughput of the data stream or streams in progress on the said distribution network, obtained on the basis of the throughput profiles of these streams, and of the throughput profile of the requested stream.

Abstract: A method for connecting a device to a wireless network; at the level of a bridge device, configure to interface with the wireless network that maintains single management information. The bridge device separately registers, with respective MAC addresses, the device and itself as wireless devices on the wireless network.

Abstract: A dedicated method for determining peers located close to another peer, each peer having at least one communication device connected to a communication node of a communication network including multiple communication nodes, of which some have a known fixed position and are known as “landmarks”. This method consists in, upon detection of a new peer, i) in determining in the communication network the closest landmark to the new peer, then ii) in determining from among the multiple nodes known as intermediary nodes that define the path linking this new peer to the pre-determined landmark, and iii) in determining a group of peers located close to the new peer as a function of at least the pre-determined path definition and the definitions of the paths linking other peers to at least the pre-determined landmark.

Abstract: Method for isochronous data packet transport over a wireless network, comprising the steps of: collecting a plurality of isochronous data packets at a service specific convergence sub-layer of a wireless source device; posting said plurality of isochronous data packets as a whole to a common part convergence sub-layer of the wireless source device, wherein said plurality of isochronous data packets posted to the common part convergence sub-layer corresponds to the amount of isochronous data packets generated by a transmitter over a 2 ms period.

Abstract: The invention relates to the remote management of a digital terrestrial television device. In order to improve the terrestrial television reception, a control command is transmitted by a distant remote management server through another communication channel, the control command requesting the video device to set at least a digital terrestrial television parameter related to a service list management.

Abstract: A method for distributed management of a catalogue of objects in a communication network comprising devices. The method comprises the step of registering local objects present in a device in a local registry managed at the level of the device, wherein a local object may formulate a request for a list of objects, and receive a collected response. The request is transmitted to the single local registry of the device hosting the local object and propagated through the local registry to distant registries. The responses are collected by the local registry and the collected response is transmitted to the local object that formulated the initial request. The invention applies in particular within the context of home communication networks.

Abstract: The invention relates to the field of telecommunication and more particularly, to the acquisition of a statistics related to quality related to data reception, for instance quality of service and/or quality of user experience of digital audio and/or video services. In particular, the objective of the present invention is to improve the collection of quality statistics.

Abstract: Method for transmission of images comprising: a reception of a source digital image comprising padding lines and data lines, the data lines comprising ancillary data and video data. In order to optimise the use of a transmission channel, the method also comprises: a filtering of padding lines to form sets of data comprising ancillary data and video data; a cutting of the sets into fragments of a maximum fragment length that is a function of a maximum transport packet length; an insertion of at least one image number in each of the fragments, each of the ancillary data and video data being associated with this number; an insertion of fragments into transport packets; and a transmission of the transport packets according to an internet protocol. The invention also relates to a corresponding method for reception.

Abstract: The invention concerns a solution for detecting conditions of dearth and overflow of a client input buffer to a real time content distribution. Said detection is performed upstream of clients through a dynamic estimation of the fill factor of the input buffers of said clients. Thus, it is possible to predict the occurrence of dearth or overflow situations and to take actions such as inserting stored video sequences or storing queueing packets.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for managing resources in a communication network comprising at least two communication buses linked by way of a wireless transmission bridge, the said bridge comprising for each bus a real portal connected to this bus, each portal being furnished with wireless communication means. The process is characterized by the steps: modelling the said wireless bridge by each real portal in the form of virtual buses and virtual bridges, each virtual bridge comprising two virtual portals; emulating a global register of passband availability for the entire wireless bridge; reserving passband with the said global register for each wireless link participating in a communication. The invention applies in particular in field of home automation.

Abstract: Method for reserving isochronous resources in a wireless network comprising at least a wireless source device and a wireless sink device, said wireless network being based on a TDMA frame transmission scheme, said method comprising the steps of: providing an output plug in said wireless source device, said output plug being associated with an output plug register, wherein said output plug register defines a maximum amount of data output by said output plug during a wireless frame; reserving an amount of bandwidth corresponding to said maximum amount of data to be sent in a wireless frame with an isoehronous resource manager of the wireless network.

Abstract: A method and device for implementing a method for associating communication devices capable of wireless interfacing. The method includes producing a relation between communication devices capable of wireless interfacing enabling dialogue among them exclusively. The devices comprise a single and permanent identifier, can be connected to a cable network and exchange data through the latter. The association can be modified by connecting the devices to be associated to a single cable network.

Abstract: A method is dedicated to the transmission of contents to communication equipment (T1, T2) that is connected to a content broadcast network (N1) and to a communication network (N2).

Abstract: The invention concerns method to distinguish between streams received by an access point from a distribution network and transmitted to stations and a way to give better priority to some of them towards others. In a system where streams are transmitted with a level of priority corresponding to there type, it adds a selection criterion to determine priority between streams of the same type. The invention also concerns an access point implementing the method.

Abstract: The invention concerns a remote management method enabling a distant remote management server to manage at least a distant device. In order to have a simple and reliable management, it comprises a transmission step of a CWMP command requesting a configuration of the transport and/or dejittering layers.

Abstract: A method for determining a remote timeout parameter in a network comprising a link between a first bus and a third bus. The link is implemented through a first and a second bridge portal connected respectively to the first and the third bus, and is modelized as a second bus connected to the first bus and the third bus through bridges. Upon solicitation to provide its contribution to a timeout for a request subaction, the first bridge portal adds to the timeout contribution the first bridge portal's maximum request subaction processing time and either the link's maximum transmission time of half of the link's maximum transmission time, depending on the location of the destination node of the request subaction.

Abstract: Method for connecting an IEEE1394 remote device to a cluster of IEEE1394 devices through a wireless link comprising a first wireless device connected to the cluster and a second wireless device connected to the remote device, wherein the remote device and the first wireless device for a first wired bus and the device cluster and the second wireless device form a second wired bus. The method comprises the steps of, representing the remote device on the cluster through the first wireless device and representing the devices of the cluster to the remote device through the second wireless device, such that the remote device and the devices of the cluster function as if these devices were part of a single IEEE1394 bus.

Abstract: In a method of managing a request for remote access to a multimedia content, a corresponding datum stream is inserted at the instant or in a delayed manner with the set of the data streams being transmitted on a distribution network as a function of a capacity threshold of this network. Each data stream is of the variable-throughput type, with a data throughput profile corresponding, whose width corresponds to a time of transmission of the stream. The management of the request comprises a verification that the capacity of the network is not exceeded on the width of the profile, as a function of a given instant of insertion, of the throughput of the data stream or streams in progress on the said distribution network, obtained on the basis of the throughput profiles of these streams, and of the throughput profile of the requested stream.

Abstract: A method for registering a device in a wireless network comprising a central controller. The method includes the step of asking a user whether he wants to install a new network or install a device on the network. In the case of installing a new network, the user enters a PIN code, an authentication key of the new network is generated and the device becomes the central controller. In the case of installing the device on an existing network, the user enters a PIN code, and upon authorization, receives an authentication key of the network for use in authenticating procedures with the central controller.

Abstract: A device and method for reserving isochronous resources on a wireless network for connection set-up, where the wireless network includes an isochronous resource manager. The device and method include identifying a talker device and a listener device by a connection controller; acquiring, by the isochronous resource managers, a list of devices to be part of the connection; determining bandwidth required for connecting the talker device and the listener device by the isochronous resource manager, as a function of the list of devices to be part of the connection; and setting-up a multicast group including the talker device and the listener device if the bandwidth is available.