A METHOD, A TERMINAL, AN ACCESS NODE AND A MEDIA SERVER FOR PROVIDING RESOURCE ADMISSION CONTROL OF DIGITAL MEDIA STREAMS

摘要

The invention relates to a method for providing resource admission control (RAC) of digital media streams between a media server and terminals in a customer premises network. The method is characterized by the steps of receiving from a terminal, a resource request comprising a resource requirement pertaining to a unicast digital media stream request, determining if transmission resources are available for the requested unicast digital media stream based on the resource request, and if so, transmitting a resource availability message pertaining to the unicast digital media stream request to the media server in order for the media server to begin streaming the requested unicast media stream towards the terminal. The invention further relates to an access node, a terminal and a media server.